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Published inJul 2016
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Darren Schreiber
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Darren Schreiber is the CEO and Co-founder of 2600 Hz. He began working heavily in open source voice with the FreeSWITCH project, where he engaged with Brian, Mike, and Anthony. His projects have since evolved into two enterprise VoIP platforms that allow a multitude of development of voice, SMS, and video applications to be delivered to customers.He has 15 years of voice and IT experience including developing multiple enterprise SaaS infrastructures for hosting and remotely managing IT, voice, and e-commerce services. He is a guest lecturer at major universities on VoIP technology and leads paid international VoIP trainings. As a serious telephony enthusiast since a young age, he has worked extensively with VoIP technologies. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Computer Science and Business Management.He is also a co-author of FreeSWITCH Cookbook, Packt Publishing.
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Logging with FreeSWITCH


Logging is an integral part of any properly managed communication operation. The capability of tracing the minimal details of protocol exchanges and the paths through the internal software mechanisms can be invaluable for pinpointing the intermittent problem of a customer.

There are two main media for logging in FreeSWITCH: the console, for example the fs_cli application, and the log file. Both options use the same mechanism to show or save information.

By default, FreeSWITCH logs all information into one log file at the DEBUG level (the highest detail, producing the most quantity of information). The log file is created and managed by module mod_logfile, configured through logfile.conf.xml. By default, that single log file is called freeswitch.log and is located in freeswitch/log/.

The general format for the log lines is: call-uuid YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss:nnnnnn [LEVEL] source_file_name:line_numberfunction_name() <log data>.

Log levels go from EMERG (Level 0) to DEBUG...

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Darren Schreiber

Darren Schreiber is the CEO and Co-founder of 2600 Hz. He began working heavily in open source voice with the FreeSWITCH project, where he engaged with Brian, Mike, and Anthony. His projects have since evolved into two enterprise VoIP platforms that allow a multitude of development of voice, SMS, and video applications to be delivered to customers.He has 15 years of voice and IT experience including developing multiple enterprise SaaS infrastructures for hosting and remotely managing IT, voice, and e-commerce services. He is a guest lecturer at major universities on VoIP technology and leads paid international VoIP trainings. As a serious telephony enthusiast since a young age, he has worked extensively with VoIP technologies. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Computer Science and Business Management.He is also a co-author of FreeSWITCH Cookbook, Packt Publishing.
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