Diagnostics

For the technically savvy user, system diagnostics enables you to quickly evaluate the server environment, Elgg code, and plugins of an Elgg install. Diagnostics is a core system plugin that comes turned on by default with Elgg. To download the diagnostics file, follow the steps below. The file is a dump of all sorts of useful information.

To use:

• Log in as Administrator
• Go to Administration -> Administer -> Utilities ->System Diagnostics
• Click ‘Download’

System diagnostics dump file contents:

• List of all Elgg files along with a hash for each file
• List of all the plugins
• PHP superglobals
• PHP settings
• Apache settings

• Elgg CONFIG values

  • language strings
  • site settings
  • database settings
  • plugin hooks
  • actions
  • views
  • page handlers
  • much more