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Ejabberd debugging


I want to make some debugging to a Ejabberd module I am working on; however, as I am working on Windows the best option I have is to do just by logging.

I can't make work the logging. I am using error_logger:warning_msg("here!") however I can't see this in the logs.

I have checked ejabberd.log and error.log.

Any ideas of debugging or logging for ejabberd are welcome. As I have said I am working on Windows.

Update

I changed my code and now looks like this:

start(Host, Opts) ->
    ?DEBUG("Starting: ~p ~p", [Host, Opts]),
    Proc = gen_mod:get_module_proc(Host, ?MODULE),
    ChildSpec = {
        Proc,
        {?MODULE, start_link, [Host, Opts]},
        transient,
        1000,
        worker,
        [?MODULE]
    },
    supervisor:start_child(ejabberd_sup, ChildSpec).

But I am getting this error

2015-09-14 17:01:11.863 [critical] <0.37.0>@gen_mod:start_module:107 Problem starting the module mod_restful for host <<"fernando">> 
 options: [{api,[[{path,[<<"admin">>]},
                  {module,mod_restful_admin},
                  {params,[{key,<<"secret">>},
                           {allowed_commands,[register,unregister]}]}],
                 [{path,[<<"register">>]},
                  {module,mod_restful_register},
                  {params,[{key,<<"secret">>}]}]]}]
 error: undef
[{p1_logger,debug_msg,[mod_restful,80,"Starting: ~p ~p",["fer","fer"]],[]},
 {mod_restful,start,2,
              [{file,"d:/Sites/mod_restful/src/mod_restful.erl"},{line,80}]},
 {gen_mod,start_module,3,[{file,"src/gen_mod.erl"},{line,99}]},
 {lists,foreach,2,[{file,"lists.erl"},{line,1336}]},
 {ejabberd_app,start,2,[{file,"src/ejabberd_app.erl"},{line,72}]},
 {application_master,start_it_old,4,
                     [{file,"application_master.erl"},{line,272}]}]
2015-09-14 17:01:11.863 [critical] <0.37.0>@gen_mod:start_module:112 ejabberd initialization was aborted because a module start failed.

Solution

  • Worked fine after adding

    -ifndef(LAGER).
    -define(LAGER, 1).
    -endif.
    

    before including libraries:

    -include("ejabberd.hrl").
    -include("logger.hrl").
    -include("jlib.hrl").
    

    By default debug doesn't work, just info, warning, error and critical

    ?DEBUG("Starting: ~p ~p", [Host, Opts]),
    ?INFO_MSG("Starting: ~p ~p", [Host, Opts]),
    ?WARNING_MSG("Starting: ~p ~p", [Host, Opts]),
    ?ERROR_MSG("Starting: ~p ~p", [Host, Opts]),
    ?CRITICAL_MSG("Starting: ~p ~p", [Host, Opts]),