Adding PDF Render to LogScale Configuration

Once the PDF Render Service has been deployed, the LogScale service must be configured to point to the service using the DEFAULT_PDF_RENDER_SERVICE_URL configuration variable. This will need to be added to the configuration. For more information, see Basic Configuration.

If you are using a single PDF Render node, set the URL to match the hostname and port of the deployed service:

ini
DEFAULT_PDF_RENDER_SERVICE_URL="https://pdfrender.local:5123"

If using multiple PDF Render nodes and a load balancer, use the name of the load balancer:

ini
DEFAULT_PDF_RENDER_SERVICE_URL="https://pdfrenderlb.local:5123"

In addition, the following other environment variables should be set:

  • The ENABLE_SCHEDULED_REPORT variable must be set to true:

    ini
    ENABLE_SCHEDULED_REPORT=true

    This enables the scheduled report functionality.

  • Set the PUBLIC_URL to the URL of the LogScale deployment. This is shared with the PDF auxiliary node so that data can sent back to the cluster:

    ini
    PUBLIC_URL=https://logscale.local

  • Configure an email service, see Email Configuration for more information. An SMTP configuration might look like the following example:

    ini
    SMTP_HOST=localhost
SMTP_PORT=25
[email protected]

A full example configuration:

ini
DEFAULT_PDF_RENDER_SERVICE_URL="https://pdfrender.local:5123"  
ENABLE_SCHEDULED_REPORT=true
PUBLIC_URL=https://logscale.local
SMTP_HOST=localhost
SMTP_PORT=25
[email protected]

This configuration value must be set on each node within the cluster.

For users to be able to create scheduled PDF reports, they should have the Change Scheduled Reports permission.