Basic logging configuration

1.original.concrete.php

<?php
// Logging setting based on Concrete CMS 8.5.12
return [
     /*
     * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Logging settings
     * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
    'log' => [
        /*
         * Whether to log emails
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        'emails' => true,
        /*
         * Whether to log Errors
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        'errors' => true,

        /*
         * Whether to log Spam
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        'spam' => false,

        /*
         * Whether to log REST API requests headers
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        'api' => false,

        'enable_dashboard_report' => true,

        'configuration' => [
            /*
             * Configuration mode
             *
             * @var string simple|advanced
             */
            'mode' => 'simple',
            'simple' => [
                /*
                 * What log level to store core logs in the database
                 * @var string
                 */
                'core_logging_level' => 'NOTICE',

                /*
                 * Which handle to use
                 *
                 * @var string (database|file)
                 */
                'handler' => 'database',

                'file' => [
                    /*
                     * File path to store logs
                     *
                     * @var string
                     */
                    'file' => '',
                ],
            ],
            'advanced' => [
                'configuration' => [],
            ],
        ],
    ],

2.file.concrete.php

<?php
// Logging setting based on Concrete CMS 8.5.12
return [
     /*
     * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Logging settings
     * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
    'log' => [
        /*
         * Whether to log emails
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        'emails' => false,
        /*
         * Whether to log Errors
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        'errors' => true,

        /*
         * Whether to log Spam
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        'spam' => false,

        /*
         * Whether to log REST API requests headers
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        'api' => false,

        'enable_dashboard_report' => true,

        'configuration' => [
            /*
             * Configuration mode
             *
             * @var string simple|advanced
             */
            'mode' => 'simple',
            'simple' => [
                /*
                 * What log level to store core logs in the database
                 * @var string
                 */
                'core_logging_level' => 'NOTICE',

                /*
                 * Which handle to use
                 *
                 * @var string (database|file)
                 */
                'handler' => 'file',

                'file' => [
                    /*
                     * File path to store logs
                     *
                     * @var string
                     */
                    'file' => '/var/log/concrete/concrete.log',
                ],
            ],
            'advanced' => [
                'configuration' => [],
            ],
        ],
    ],

readme.md

Concrete CMS custom log setting sample

1.original.concrete.php

Original logging sample from Concrete CMS 8.5.12

2.file.concrete.php

• Disable email logging
• Changed to save log to file instead of database
• The path is set to /var/log/concrete/concrete.log

Make sure to logrotate the log file otherwise it will be large text file.