Implement optional new log viewer for early boot

[rkoshak]

Issue information:

There was a recent thread on the forum pointing out that Frontail has not only not received any updates for some years but also has more than one pretty significant known vulnerabilities. Assuiming we don't want to take over for Frontail development and since we don't yet have a native log viewing service (though I think the core changes are made and we mainly just need the MainUI) we should consider whether it makes sense to switch to an alternative in the mean time.

https://community.openhab.org/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-frontail/159493

An alternative mentioned on that thread is https://github.com/logdyhq/logdy-core though I'm sure it's worth doing a survey to see what other alternatives there are. I can say that logdy looks a lot more capable compared to Frontail.

[miloit]

Is this really necessary if this is coming?

openhab/openhab-webui#2884

[ecdye]

It may not be necessary anymore, @rkoshak what do you think? Does it make more sense to simply ride out frontail until it gets merged?

[rkoshak]

yes, my plan is to close this once Chris's pr gets merged

[rkoshak]

Now that Chris's PR is merged there is now a log viewer as part of main UI. I'll close this one.

[ecdye]

Awesome, once it is fully rolled out to the users, we can remove frontail from systems.

[miloit]

@rkoshak @ecdye I thought about it after installing and checking tne installing of RC1. Maybe it still make sense to have such a tool available because during startup phase you don't have the openhab log available.......what do you think?

[rkoshak]

I have no problems with re-opening the issue. I'm not sure how to do that from my phone though so it'll have to wait until I can get to a desktop unless someone else in this thread can do it.

[ecdye]

@rkoshak @ecdye I thought about it after installing and checking tne installing of RC1. Maybe it still make sense to have such a tool available because during startup phase you don't have the openhab log available.......what do you think?

I think that is fine, however I think its pretty low on the priority list right now, but if you want to take it on that is fine with me.

[mstormi]

Very much of a sidenote, but once we have decided in favor of a solution, please evaluate if that can also be used to provide
logging on the very initial openHABian setup process, the log server on port 81.
That currently is a very rough-edged minimum hack rather than a real feature.

[rkoshak]

Very much of a sidenote, but once we have decided in favor of a solution, please evaluate if that can also be used to provide logging on the very initial openHABian setup process, the log server on port 81.

I was just comming here to add a comment saying as much as well. There's that initial setup where it would be great to have access to the logs in a browser too.

That may be a strike against my idea to step back and see if we could solve this problem and probide more features by researching web based ssh tools instead of a dedicated log viewer.