Logging GAM commands/runs

[Rodney Dore]

Good morning all

A client is looking for the ability to run GAM and log the results in a text file or drive that would have a legible history.   Right now something like this is not really usable for a log file:  gam user user...@domain.com show delegates >>log.txt and then run another command to that log file and you can not tell what time or date things ran.  

My client is going to use GAM to on-board students to their alumni domain. The client is looking for detailed information out of the gam logging process (as in, if something fails, show us, and perhaps a timestamp for when things occur), or if we can make an external mechanism for error logging? It is important that when we run, say, a 600 user CSV we know exactly how many were created and which ones were not.

Also, unrelated to what I am doing, this would be useful since not all commands are in the G Suite Admin reports.

Any advice or direction would be appreciated.  

Rodney Dore

[✉ Kevin Melillo]

When we onboard or offboard users, I use a bash script to pull information from a source csv file.  I also output the commands I am using to a log file, so I have a record of it.  

I create a timestamp at the beginning of the bash script.

timestamp=$(date +%Y-%m-%d@%I:%M%p)

Then after each GAM command I run, I usually add a command to write to a log file..  similar to this.

echo "* $timestamp * $tUser - created ($tOrg)" >> files-log/gam-data.log

That way I can always go back and check the logs for any work I have done via GAM.

It will also show in the admin panel logs as well.

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Kevin Melillo

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[Rodney Dore]

Thanks Kevin

I'll take a shot at it.  

Rodney Dore 

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On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 8:27 AM, ✉ Kevin Melillo <k.me...@ieee.org> wrote:

When we onboard or offboard users, I use a bash script to pull information from a source csv file.  I also output the commands I am using to a log file, so I have a record of it.  

I create a timestamp at the beginning of the bash script.

timestamp=$(date +%Y-%m-%d@%I:%M%p)

Then after each GAM command I run, I usually add a command to write to a log file..  similar to this.

echo "* $timestamp * $tUser - created ($tOrg)" >> files-log/gam-data.log

That way I can always go back and check the logs for any work I have done via GAM.

It will also show in the admin panel logs as well.

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 5:49 AM, 'Rodney Dore' via GAM for G Suite <google-apps-manager@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Good morning all

A client is looking for the ability to run GAM and log the results in a text file or drive that would have a legible history.   Right now something like this is not really usable for a log file:  gam user user...@domain.com show delegates >>log.txt and then run another command to that log file and you can not tell what time or date things ran.  

My client is going to use GAM to on-board students to their alumni domain. The client is looking for detailed information out of the gam logging process (as in, if something fails, show us, and perhaps a timestamp for when things occur), or if we can make an external mechanism for error logging? It is important that when we run, say, a 600 user CSV we know exactly how many were created and which ones were not.

Also, unrelated to what I am doing, this would be useful since not all commands are in the G Suite Admin reports.

Any advice or direction would be appreciated.  

Rodney Dore

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Kevin Melillo

Electronic Communications Analyst

Information Technology

445 Hoes Lane

Piscataway, NJ 08854

Phone:732-465-6609 | Mobile: 732-609-4331

E-mail: k.me...@ieee.org

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