3. History logging configuration

The history logging configuration controls the integration with Elasticsearch and the MTA, this enables users to for example release messages from quarantine and interact with the Halon queue directly.

3.1. Minimal configuration

Just like for the main configuration, the file in /opt/halon/msui/share/examples/ can be used as a baseline. To activate the history logging you need to first:

Set up History logging in Halon.
Specify the Elasticsearch settings in msui.yaml.

Copy one of the following files to /etc/halon/.

For transactions logging

$ cp /opt/halon/msui/share/examples/msui-history-transactions.yaml /etc/halon/msui-history.yaml

For delivery attempts logging

$ cp /opt/halon/msui/share/examples/msui-history-delivery-attempts.yaml /etc/halon/msui-history.yaml

Set the MTA settings (required for MTA interaction such as releasing and previewing messages).

3.1.1. Elasticsearch configuration

Add the fields to the /etc/halon/msui.yaml configuration file.

servers:
  - [...]
    history:
      elasticsearch:
        index: 'halon-transactions-*'
        nodes:
          - url: https://elasticsearch:9200
        auth:
          username: elastic
          password: badpassword

3.1.2. MTA configuration

Add the fields to the /etc/halon/msui.yaml configuration file.

servers:
  - [...]
    history:
      mta:
        nodes:
          - id: "hostname"
            url: http://smtpd:8080
            apikey: badsecret
            auth:
              username: admin
              password: admin

3.2. Additional settings

3.2.1. Elasticsearch directives

servers[].history.elasticsearch: The settings for Elasticsearch.

servers[].history.elasticsearch.index: The index pattern for all Elasticsearch queries.

servers[].history.elasticsearch.nodes[]: A list of Elasticsearch nodes.

servers[].history.elasticsearch.nodes[].url: The Elasticsearch URL to connect to.

servers[].history.elasticsearch.auth: Specify any credentials for authentication.

servers[].history.elasticsearch.auth.username: The username for basic authentication.

servers[].history.elasticsearch.auth.password: The password for basic authentication.

servers[].history.elasticsearch.tls: TLS settings (Node.js).

3.2.2. MTA directives

servers[].history.mta: The Halon API connection settings.

servers[].history.mta.nodes[]: List of Halon nodes.

servers[].history.mta.nodes[].id: A unique identifier that will be used to locate where the email is located (e.g. hostname).

servers[].history.mta.nodes[].url: The URL to Halon API.

servers[].history.mta.nodes[].apikey: A secret key for authentication.

servers[].history.mta.nodes[].auth: API credentials.

servers[].history.mta.nodes[].auth.username: The username for basic authentication.

servers[].history.mta.nodes[].auth.password: The password for basic authentication.

servers[].history.mta.nodes[].tls: TLS settings.

servers[].history.mta.nodes[].tls.rejectUnauthorized: Reject self-signed or invalid certficates.

3.2.3. Digest reports directives

servers[].app.digestreport: Digest reports settings.

servers[].app.digestreport.enabled: Enable or disable digestreports. Required.

servers[].app.digestreport.secret: The password for digest report.

servers[].app.digestreport.smtp: SMTP server address to relay emails to. Required.

servers[].app.digestreport.smtp.host: The host for digest report. Required.

servers[].app.digestreport.smtp.port: The port used for digest reports.

servers[].app.digestreport.smtp.tls: Enable or disable TLS for digest reports.

servers[].app.digestreport.smtp.auth: Enable or disable SMTP authentication for digest reports.

servers[].app.digestreport.smtp.sender: The sender for SMTP.

servers[].app.digestreport.smtp.recipient: Debug mode. This setting will send all digest reports to the same recipient.