~ scribe ~ Entware syslog-ng and logrotate installer for Asuswrt-Merlin

THIS VERSION IS OBSOLETE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED!!!!

PLEASE USE THE VERSION AT: https://github.com/AMTM-OSR/scribe

scribe is a syslog-ng and logrotate installer for ASUS routers running Asuswrt-Merlin

v3.2.1 (OBSOLETE!)

Updated on 2024-Aug-25

Getting Started

Prerequisites

1. Asuswrt-Merlin running on a supported ASUS router
2. Entware installed, preferably using amtm
3. jffs scripts enabled in the firmware; installing Entware should have taken care of this part

• scribe includes handlers for the logs created by skynet; if you wish to use these handlers, it is advised to install skynet first. If skynet is installed after scribe, you will have to re-run the installation and force installation.

Installing

Please install from the latest version of AMTM!

WARNING

This software was written by someone who very likely didn't know what they were doing. There is a non-zero chance this software will not function as intended, cause irreparable data loss and/or hardware damage, or accidentally trigger the annihilation of the earth. End user accepts all these potential outcomes as the unavoidable consequences of existing.

ToDo:

• Try to keep up with the seemingly ever-changing syslog-ng

Built With

• vim - because vi is always there, so I'm not lost on a clean install.
• amix's vimrc - basic version.

Contributing

Code:

This has been a learning project for me, so I'm probably more married to my way of doing things than I should be. Not to say suggestions aren't appreciated - they are and will be considered; but they are likely to be altered to my way of thinking about things if I add them, even if your way is clearly better.

Money:

Even if you think this is the best thing since sliced bread, please do not enquire about sending me money. If I accepted money, I'll feel obligated to keep improving this, and I've got more than enough obligations in life at this point.

Authors

"Success has many fathers, but failure is a bastard child."

This isn't high school, it's all open book and copying from your neighbor is encouraged. All the good bits I stole from someone else, all the crap bits and errors are mine.

Acknowledgments

• RMerlin, for enduring an endless stream of people who will not read the release notes (out of his control), yet is still dedicated to producing the awesomeness that is AsusWRT-Merlin in what used to be known as his "free time".

• The great coders of SNB Forums, in alphabetical order, for lack of a better system:

  • Adamm
  • dave14305
  • Jack Yaz
  • kvic
  • Martineau
  • Odkrys
  • thelonelycoder
  • Xentrk

• Alpha and Beta testing endured by Butterfly Bones, elorimer, and skeal.

• I'm sure I missed someone, if it's you, I'm sorry, it wasn't intentional.

• Template used for thie README shamelessly stolen from PurpleBooth

Seriously?

Are you really still reading this? I'd have probably lost interest about halfway through.