DNSCrypt-Proxy too chatty

Installing and Using OpenWrt
#1

How can I reduce the chattiness level in the syslog of dnscrypt-proxy ? I've read in forums to add "-m -loglevel=5" , but not sure where to add this ....

I currently see informational messages and "notice" messages... and would like to see just "warning and error" messages...

#2

I believe those options regulate the "chattiness" you're referring to:

option syslog '1'
option syslog_prefix 'dnscrypt-proxy'
option query_log_file '/path/to/logfile'

Place them inside dnscrypt-proxy config file. It might be nesesery though to paste them for each of dnscrypt-proxy instances you're using.

#3

Nope... those options are for dnscrypt to log to a different file ( last line ) , and for it to log "anything" to the system log (option syslog '1'), not controlling the logging level...

#4

iirc, I think currently you have to modify /etc/init.d/dnscrypt-proxy, may be a note on the owrt dnscrypt wiki

#5

@anomeome I read the wiki, but found no way of modifying the init.d script ... any ideas?

#6

Couple of lines you can add to file /etc/init.d/dnscrypt-proxy:

    config_get      loglevel        $1 'loglevel'       '5'
    append_param_not_empty  "LogLevel"      "$loglevel"         $config_path

Allow you to set the value. This will default it, so leave out the value if not desired.

The line to change via command line parameters:

   procd_set_param command $PROG "$config_path"

But it is config file XOR command line parameters. This would negate config file use, so less than useful imo.

#7

I've just noticed that a new release from yesterday broke my dnscrypt! It was complaining about "plugins not being enabled", and I had to disable the logging, the noipv6, and the blacklist. Has that happened to anyone else too?

#8

Are you one the 17.01.1?

#9

I'm running David's latest build version Lede Reboot SNAPSHOT r4114-6704410 / LuCI Master (git-17.136.70777-41d604f) ... and then I'm throwing on top of it all the packages that are released almost daily from the LEDE repositories.

But it looks like another user , @anomeome confirmed (here) that he run a test and he's getting the same results, so I've contacted the maintainer of the package for him to take a look at this issue.

#10

@mariano.silva, I submitted a PR to add an option to change the log_level in dnscrypt-proxy. It's in version 1.9.5-4. Also dnscrypt-proxy-resolvers were updated because they were over 6+ months out of date. However, if you want or need plugin support, wait for @david to release his next build with 1.9.5-4 included with plugin support.

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#11

A workflow example by @jow that may help with your next push.

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