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