session log questions

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your suggestions on enhancing the session logging features in RDM.

I will forward this thread to our feature request forum.

Best regards,

Hello,

You should already be able to achieve this through the use of variables. You can find the list of variables by clicking the "Variables" button while editing an entry:


There are multiple variables relating to the date. Here's an example of how I've configured my SSH shell logging, using the $DATE$ and $NAME$ variables:


The result is that it will create a file called 2024-05-13-SSH Shell.log as it's resolving the $DATE$ and $NAME$ variables to create the file name. When the date changes, it will log in the new file. One thing to note is that you will probably need to restart the entry for the new date to be taken into account in the file name.

Let me know if this works for you and if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Hi thanks for that this worked as advised its a bit of a ham-fisted way of doing what other systems do but this was the last pain point for our team and the variable feature is nice and it dose allow for more customization of the logging structure

Hello,

Glad to hear this works well for you! If you have any other questions, let us know.

Regards,

Hello all,

Those tips really helped a lot. However, I'd like to know how I can configure this logging option for all sessions once, because for now I'm configuring for each session separately. Can you help me on this?

Thanks

Hello,

You can use the Batch Edit feature to edit a selection of entry at the same time. You can find out more information about the process here: https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/commands/edit/batch-edit/
In your case you want to select your SSH terminal entries and do "Edit entries (session type settings)". From there, you will be able to edit the log section and add the string you need.

If you'd like for your users to have this value set automatically, you could implement templates and require using them when creating entries. You can find out more about this here: https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/commands/file/templates/

Regards,

Understood! Thanks!

Good Morning,
came looking for the right way to format my SSH Logs and found this thread.
I´m looking for a way to name my logs as described by Hubert Mireault

2024-05-13-SSH Shell.log

However whatever I do i can´t replicate his output. Any chance you can give me a hint here?

So far I´ve tried:
$DATE_TEXT_ISO$-$TIME_TEXT_ISO$-$HOST$.log Output: 20250616-141213-10.31.80.113.log
$DATE$-$TIME_TEXT_ISO$-$HOST$.log Output: 6_16_2025-141608-10.31.80.113.log
I also tried:
$DATE_YEAR$-$DATE_MONTH$-$DATE_DAY$-$TIME_TEXT_ISO$-$HOST$.log Output: 2025-6-16-141838-10.31.80.113.log (Missing the leading "0" in the Month)

Since I have a couple of systems log into my logstorage and all of them are using the format YYYY-MM--DD-Time-Host I would like to do the same in RDM. What am I missing? I also tried switching the application language and the "use system data time format" checkbox in the usersettings. So far nothing helped.

Any points what to do here?
I´m using RDM on WIn11 in Version 2025.1.41.0 64-bit (JIT)

BR
Sebastian

Hello Sebastian,

By default, the date format is based on the language of the application, which is not always what you're looking for.

I will open a ticket to either modify the month/day variables to contain the leading '0' or to add a new variable that will contain this leading '0'. I'm still undecided what is the best way to go about this, since we have to be wary about modifying the behavior for variables due to scripting. It's probably safer to add new variables.

In the mean time, you could try enabling the options to use your system's date/time format. You can enable it by going in File > Settings > User Interface:



Note that the application will need to be restarted to have the changes apply. Maybe this workaround can help you for now.

Regards,

Hi Hubert,
thanks for getting back to me so quickly!
I´ve tried it with the system time but now I get the following:
$DATE$-$TIME_TEXT_ISO$-$HOST$.log Output: 17.06.2025-074417-10.31.80.113

I assume this is due to the german language setting in my OS (company settings :/ ).
I would assume new variables for day and month with always two digits would make more sense than changing the old ones and confusing people with this change...
Thanks for your help on this!
BR
Sebastian

Thanks for the feedback Sebastian, it's unfortunate that the OS settings aren't adequate for what you're looking for either.

We'll have two new variables in our next minor update, 2025.2.15.0:
$DATE_DAY_TWODIGITS$
$DATE_MONTH_TWODIGITS$

Both of these will ensure they always have two digits, so adding a leading '0' whenever the day or month is a single digit.

I hope this will help solve this issue for you, let me know if you have any additional feedback.

Regards,

Hi Hubert,
thanks very much for the quick help and support on this! Really grateful for it!
Best Regards
Sebastian