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Hi Team, I have created the URL required to access it publicly but still not able to access it. Please let me know if I am missing anything. The dashboard is shared. http://<ServerName>:5341/#/dashboards?dashboardId=dashboard-835&range=2h&group=5m&refresh=5m&apikey=x&theme=dark-theme&maximized
Posted by Sarfraz Khan 7 months ago
Hi, Our docker host went down due to malconfiguration in Seq. Since then we can not reach the host anymore using port 80. It seems that the service is not started with the Seq.json from the /data folder but with a limited version where SEQ does not listens to other ports. If I connect with bash on the docker host, I can not use the config [email protected]:/bin/seq-server# ./Seq config [16:26:52 FTL] Could not "list" config System.IO.IOException: Not a directory at Interop.ThrowExceptionForIoErrno(ErrorInfo errorInfo, String path, Boolean isDirectory, Func`2 errorRewriter) at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String path, OpenFlags flags, Int32 mode) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options) at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize) at System.IO.File.InternalReadAllText(String path, Encoding encoding) at System.IO.File.ReadAllText(String path) at Seq.Server.Config.SeqConfig.Read(String filename) at Seq.Server.Cli.ConfigCommand.Run(TextWriter cout) at Seq.Server.Program.Main(String[] args) Aborted (core dumped) How can I verify & make sure that Seq docker is running fine in docker?
Posted by Damiaan 8 months ago
Hi! Love Seq. Just a quick suggestion: It would be great if you maintained an official Chocolatey package so that I can quickly update Seq via the command line. Octopus Deploy does this and it saves us time maintaining our local Octopus instance.
Posted by Jason Hess 8 months ago
``` var found = signals.Find(entity => entity.Title == existing.Title); if (found) await connection.Signals.UpdateAsync(found); ``` is throwing **Attempted to process an empty URI template**. ``` at Seq.Api.Model.Link.GetUri(IDictionary`2 parameters) at Seq.Api.Client.SeqApiClient.ResolveLink(ILinked entity, String link, IDictionary`2 parameters) at Seq.Api.Client.SeqApiClient.<PutAsync>d__19`1.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult() at Seq.Api.ResourceGroups.SignalsResourceGroup.<UpdateAsync>d__6.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.GetResult() ``` Please could you tell me how I can work around this error? Many thanks!
Posted by Yoshi 8 months ago
I put 2 charts in the dashboard that render the same query one as Pie and one as line. Is there any way to get the colors correlate by key? I tried ordering the results by the grouping key or by count but the colors seem to be picked at random. Also it would be nice if you put an order by in the query that the legend is sorted with that order by or at least an option to do so.
Posted by Jan Eggers 8 months ago
Hello, one day last week and today we had an unusal high CPU-Load on our Seq-Server (nearly 100% for multiple hours). A "normal" load for us would be 20%. I noticed a lot of log entries in the ingestion log like this: ``` {"@t":"2020-01-21T04:23:46.0650812Z","@mt":"Exception raised when writing to event storage","@l":"Debug","@x":"Flare.FlareCapacityException: The FLARE extent 2020-01-15T00:00:00.0000000Z is temporarily read-only.\r\n at Flare.Storage.Native.FlareStorageExtent.AcquireWriteLock()\r\n at Flare.Storage.Native.FlareStorageExtent.Add(StructuredEvent[] events, Boolean lazyFlush)\r\n at Flare.Events.EventStore.Add(StorageEventCreationData[] eventsCreationData, Boolean lazyFlush)\r\n at Flare.Queries.DataStore.Add(StorageEventCreationData[] eventsCreationData, Boolean lazyFlush)\r\n at Seq.Server.Web.Api.RawEventsController.Ingest()","SourceContext":"Seq.Server.Web.Api.EventsController"} ``` I will provide the full logs via E-Mail. I am suspecting maybe our VM-Backup-Solution to try to make a backup, but I am not sure. Could it be something else? After some hours, the server went back to normal operation without any intervention from us. Thank you for your help.
Posted by Sebastian Segerer 8 months ago
I have a new Seq instance (totally unconfigured) and trying to configure AAD auth using Seq API. When adding AAD auth to Seq manually using the GUI, it requires you to enter Tenant ID, Client ID, Client Key and an initial user, which I have. When I try to add an initial user: ``` var connection = new SeqConnection(serverUrl, apiKey); await connection.Users.AddAsync(initialUser); ``` This throws **400 - A password is required.** And when I do: ``` await connection.Settings.UpdateAsync(/*AzureADTenantId setting*/); await connection.Settings.UpdateAsync(/*AzureADClientId setting*/); await connection.Settings.UpdateAsync(/*AzureADClientKey setting*/); await connection.Settings.UpdateAsync(/*IsActiveDirectoryAuthentication setting*/); ``` This updates these settings OK. Seq will ask me to log in, however I will not have the initial user created at this point and therefore am unable to do so. How can I setup AAD auth and add the initial user at the same time using the API (just like the GUI does)? Many thanks!
Posted by Yoshi 8 months ago
Hello, I'm using Serilog on FW 4.7.1 but unable to get logging ingress to Seq server working. Works great with .net core. It works perfectly when using programmatic config but does not work with json config ''' { "Logging": { "IncludeScopes": false, "LogLevel": { "Default": "Warning" } }, "Serilog": { "MinimumLevel": { "Default": "Information", "Override": { "Microsoft": "Warning", "System": "Warning" } }, "WriteTo": [ { "Name": "Seq", "Args": { "serverUrl": "http://localhost:5341/" } } ] } } ''' Self logging shows the following error: ** 2020-01-20T16:07:30.1011678Z Unable to find a method called Seq. Candidate methods are: Serilog.LoggerConfiguration Sink(Serilog.Configuration.LoggerSinkConfiguration, Serilog.Core.ILogEventSink, Serilog.Events.LogEventLevel, Serilog.Core.LoggingLevelSwitch) Serilog.LoggerConfiguration Logger(Serilog.Configuration.LoggerSinkConfiguration, System.Action`1[Serilog.LoggerConfiguration], Serilog.Events.LogEventLevel, Serilog.Core.LoggingLevelSwitch) ** ***This does NOT work*** ''' var builder = new Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationBuilder(); builder.AddJsonFile(logCfgFileName, optional: false, reloadOnChange: true); var config = builder.Build(); mLogger = new LoggerConfiguration() .ReadFrom.Configuration(config) .CreateLogger(); ''' ***This works*** ''' mLogger = new LoggerConfiguration() .MinimumLevel.Debug() .WriteTo.Seq(@"http://localhost:5341/") .CreateLogger(); ''' What am I missing?? Thanks
Posted by Brian Brzozowski 8 months ago
Hi I am getting following error in logs. "Failed to apply retention policy {RetentionPolicyId}","@l":"Error","@x":"Microsoft.Isam.Esent.Interop.EsentDatabaseDirtyShutdownException: Database was not shutdown cleanly. Recovery must first be run to properly complete database operations for the previous shutdown.\r\n at Flare.Storage.Esent.Data.EsentDBSession..ctor(Instance instance, String path, Action notifyDisposed)\r\n at Flare.Storage.Esent.Data.EsentDB.BeginSession(Action notifyDisposed, String tag)\r\n at Flare.Storage.Esent.EsentStorageExtent.BeginSession(String tag)\r\n at Flare.Storage.Esent.EsentStorageExtent.<LazyDelete>d__18.MoveNext()\r\n at Flare.Events.EventStore.Delete(EventStoreRange range, CancellationToken cancel)\r\n at Flare.Queries.DataStore.Delete(EventStoreRange range, CancellationToken cancel)\r\n at Seq.Server.Features.Retention.RetentionPolicyApplier.ApplyPolicy(RetentionPolicyState retentionPolicy, Dictionary`2 associatedSignals, HashSet`1 retained, CancellationToken cancel)\r\n at Seq.Server.Features.Retention.RetentionPolicyApplier.Apply(CancellationToken cancel)","RetentionPolicyId":"retentionpolicy-15","SourceContext":"Seq.Server.Features.Retention.RetentionPolicyApplier"} I'm not able to delete events manually also.
Posted by Binil Prasad 8 months ago
We are using Seq 5.1.3200. Our Seq server is mostly working, but a couple things seem wrong. The first thing I noticed is an exclamation mark in a red circle in the header next to "events". If I click on it, a popup appears with the text Server Status The server is unavailable Trying to investigate this problem myself, I attempted to load the diagnostics page in settings, but that page failed to load saying Could not load diagnostics An unhandled error occurred while serving the request (token: {some GUID that is different every time}). How can I fix these problems?
Posted by Tyson Williams 8 months ago
I have been attempting to run the official docker container for Seq with a different user, but it appears that the `Seq` executable has permissions that require root to run it. It would be good if the container could be run as an alternate user.
Posted by Jason Heard 8 months ago
I'm trying to copy the extents and signals from one machine to another for archival queries. I've gone through the backup and restore steps using the original master key from the original machine, and all my custom signals and filters are showing up in the browser. Next, i copied the extents folder into the c:\ProgramData\seq folder, stopped and restarted seq. When i browse seq, no events are displayed. Is there an additional step I need to perform?
Posted by Aaron Schnarr 9 months ago
I deployed the Seq docker image version 5.1.3200 to a host with 16GB of RAM. Seq is the only application running on the host. After a few days of operation, the Seq web UI shows a red exclamation point ("the server is unavailable"), and the diagnostics page says "could not load diagnostics." Seq's error log in the data directory is full of stack traces similar to this one: ``` [2019-12-23T00:00:12.2517401+00:00 ERR] HTTP GET /api/diagnostics/status?initial=false responded 500 in 10.5039 ms System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (12): Cannot allocate memory at Interop.Sys.ForkAndExecProcess(String filename, String[] argv, String[] envp, String cwd, Boolean redirectStdin, Boolean redirectStdout, Boolean redirectStderr, Boolean setUser, UInt32 userId, UInt32 groupId, Int32& lpChildPid, Int32& stdinFd, Int32& stdoutFd, Int32& stderrFd, Boolean shouldThrow) at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartCore(ProcessStartInfo startInfo) at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start() at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo) at Flare.Internal.OS.CaptiveProcess.Run(String fullExePath, String args, Action`1 writeStdout, Action`1 writeStderr, String workingDirectory, Boolean elevated) at Flare.Util.IO.DiskUtil.GetFreeSpaceBytes(String path) at Flare.Events.EventStore.GetMetrics() at Seq.Server.Web.Api.DiagnosticsController.GetServerStatus() at lambda_method(Closure , Object , Object[] ) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ActionMethodExecutor.SyncActionResultExecutor.Execute(IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodAsync() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeNextActionFilterAsync() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeInnerFilterAsync() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ResourceInvoker.InvokeNextResourceFilter() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ResourceInvoker.Rethrow(ResourceExecutedContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ResourceInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ResourceInvoker.InvokeFilterPipelineAsync() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ResourceInvoker.InvokeAsync() at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.RouterMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext) at Seq.Server.Web.Middleware.WebSocketAcceptMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Seq.Server.Web.Middleware.RequestAuthenticationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext) at Seq.Server.Web.Middleware.BrowserSecurityOptionsMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Seq.Server.Web.Middleware.RequestCompletionMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext) ``` The system has about 600 MB of memory free. How can I fix this? Should I try setting `SEQ_CACHE_SYSTEMRAMTARGET` to something lower than the default 0.9?
Posted by Will Rogers 9 months ago