ip addresses in user action log emails Topic is solved

[jtalbot]

Joomla 3.x included ip addresses in user action log emails, but joomla 4 does not. Is there a way to turn that on in Joomla 4?

Thanksl

[mjparadac]

Hello jtalbot,
Click System, then Global Configuration, then find and click User Actions Log, enable the IP Logging option.

Regards,

[jtalbot]

Thanks for the reply and the screenshot, but ip logging is already enabled and still the emails don't include the ip address.

[AMurray]

Perhaps you need to edit the relevant email template, and include the IP address field/place-holder?

It may not do so by default, but J4's email templating function allows easy editing of system emails templates, and I believe it includes the User Action Log email message.

[jtalbot]

Thanks @AMurray for suggesting the email templating stuff. The User Actions Log email is indeed listed there, but ip address is not one of the available tags for the user actions log email

[AMurray]

Perhaps it simply can't be included in the email. It may have been removed since Joomla 3.

Did you switch on the IP Logging as suggested by @mjparadac? Maybe that also then turns "on" the ability to select the IP field for the email message.

[toivo]

The User Actions Log email is indeed listed there, but ip address is not one of the available tags for the user actions log email

The below experiment with Joomla 4.2.4 shows that a couple of minor additions to the Joomla core are needed to make the IP address available to different mail templates.

A modified version of the file administrator\components\com_actionlogs\src\Model\ActionlogModel.php is attached. Do not copy it to a live production environment! Here is a summary of the modifications:

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$this->sendNotificationEmails($loggedMessages, $user->name, $ip, $context);

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	protected function sendNotificationEmails($messages, $username, $ip, $context)

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			$m['ipaddress'] = $ip;

In addition, edit the database table mail_templates, locate a template, for example a row with the template_id 'com_users.registration.user.registration_mail' and add the string 'ipaddress' into the column 'params':

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{"tags":["name","sitename","activate","siteurl","username","ipaddress"]}

This addition makes the tag 'ipaddress' available under Insert Tags when editing the mail template.

I will create a feature request in https://issues.joomla.org so that developers can consider this addition to mail templates for inclusion in one of the future versions.

[jtalbot]

I will create a feature request in https://issues.joomla.org so that developers can consider this addition to mail templates for inclusion in one of the future versions.

Great, thanks so much for doing this.

[toivo]

A feature request has now been submitted at
[#39190] - [4.3]Make IP address available in action log and other email templates.

[SharkyKZ]

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You don't need the first two changes. IP address is already included in the message.

[toivo]

You don't need the first two changes. IP address is already included in the message.

@SharkyKZ, you are absolutely right. The only mod required will therefore be this:

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			$m['ipaddress'] = $message->ip_address;

[jtalbot]

I don't think the feature request has been implemented yet :^(, but in preparation, I added "ipaddress" to the 'params' column of the mail_templates database table, in the row for template_id com_actionlogs.notification:

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{"tags":["message","date","extension","username","ipaddress"]}

I then edited the mail template "User Actions Log: Notification Mail" as follows (IPADDRESS did show up in the tag list for this template):

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Action | Date | Extension | Name | IP Address
{MESSAGES} {MESSAGE} | {DATE} | {EXTENSION} | {USERNAME} | {IPADDRESS}
{/MESSAGES} 

Now when I get an action log email, it contains (the literal) {IPADDRESS}; I assume it will be replaced by an actual ip address when the feature is implemented.

[jtalbot]

When asked to vote on the importance of an issue in the Joomla issue tracker, which one is higher importance - importance 1 or importance 5?

[AMurray]

I assume 5 is the highest and 1 is the lowest. That's usually the way I would read such things when it comes to votes or ratings.