This is a simple HTTP server which appends all data POSTed to a fixed file. To build, do
cabal install --only-dependencies
cabal configure
cabal build
Then, to try it out, run
dist/build/logserver/logserver 3042 mylogfile &
tail -f mylogfile
and then, in another terminal window,
echo "log entry" | ./log
This server is really just an exercise; it has obvious security weaknesses. To partially mitigate them, it is hard-coded to listen only on 127.0.0.1.
The script greaselog.js is a GreaseMonkey script which,
on request, logs the title and URL of the current Firefox window in
markdown syntax.
The script logmd monitors a log file and updates an HTML version
when it changes. I like to run this script and the logserver itself
under supervisord; see supervisord.conf for example
stanzas to include in your own supervisord.conf.