Question

I have the following problem:

my Catalyst Webservice uses Log4Perl to generate a logfile which logs all user activities.

How can i provide this file as download only for admins? The root directory is no option, because everybody could download it. I need a secure way. Admins have a separate area within the webservice to manage the users.

Using ssh / sftp is unfortunately also no option, the log has to be available over the webservice.

Answer 1

Sorry, i was really busy the last few days.
Thanks for your help, thats the solution i have built and it works 🙂

sub log : Chained('base_admin') PathPart('log') Args(0) {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
    my $logfile = $c->path_to('test.log');

    $c->response->header('Content-Type' => 'text/plain');
    $c->response->header('Content-Disposition' => 'attachment; filename=test.log');
    $c->serve_static_file($logfile);
}