closes #5585

app.js

@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ if (nconf.get('setup') || nconf.get('install')) {
 	listPlugins();
 } else if (nconf.get('build')) {
 	require('./src/meta/build').build(nconf.get('build'));
+} else if (nconf.get('events')) {
+	async.series([
+		async.apply(require('./src/database').init),
+		async.apply(require('./src/events').output),
+	]);
 } else {
 	require('./src/start').start();
 }
@@ -218,6 +223,7 @@ function upgrade() {
 function activate() {
 	var db = require('./src/database');
 	var plugins = require('./src/plugins');
+	var events = require('./src/events');
 	var plugin = nconf.get('activate');
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
@@ -238,6 +244,12 @@ function activate() {
 			winston.info('Activating plugin `%s`', plugin);
 			db.sortedSetAdd('plugins:active', 0, plugin, next);
 		},
+		function (next) {
+			events.log({
+				type: 'plugin-activate',
+				text: plugin,
+			}, next);
+		},
 	], function (err) {
 		if (err) {
 			winston.error(err.message);

nodebb

@@ -495,6 +495,13 @@ var commands = {
 			upgradePlugins();
 		},
 	},
+	events: {
+		description: 'Outputs the last ten (10) administrative events recorded by NodeBB',
+		usage: 'Usage: ' + './nodebb events'.yellow,
+		handler: function () {
+			fork(['--events']);
+		},
+	},
 	help: {
 		description: 'Display the help message for a given command',
 		usage: 'Usage: ' + './nodebb help <command>'.yellow,

src/events.js

@@ -138,3 +138,19 @@ events.deleteAll = function (callback) {
 		events.deleteEvents(eids, next);
 	}, { alwaysStartAt: 0 }, callback);
 };
+
+events.output = function () {
+	process.stdout.write('\nDisplaying last ten administrative events...\n'.bold);
+	events.getEvents(0, 9, function (err, events) {
+		if (err) {
+			process.stdout.write('    Error '.red + String(err.message).reset);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+
+		events.forEach(function (event) {
+			process.stdout.write('  * ' + String(event.timestampISO).green + ' ' + String(event.type).yellow + (event.text ? ' ' + event.text : '') + ' (uid: '.reset + (event.uid ? event.uid : 0) + ')\n');
+		});
+
+		process.exit(0);
+	});
+};

src/plugins/install.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var os = require('os');
 var db = require('../database');
 var meta = require('../meta');
 var pubsub = require('../pubsub');
-
+var events = require('../events');
 
 module.exports = function (Plugins) {
 	if (nconf.get('isPrimary') === 'true') {
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ module.exports = function (Plugins) {
 				Plugins.fireHook(isActive ? 'action:plugin.deactivate' : 'action:plugin.activate', { id: id });
 				setImmediate(next);
 			},
+			function (next) {
+				events.log({
+					type: 'plugin-' + (isActive ? 'deactivate' : 'activate'),
+					text: id,
+				}, next);
+			},
 		], function (err) {
 			if (err) {
 				winston.warn('[plugins] Could not toggle active state on plugin \'' + id + '\'');

src/reset.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var winston = require('winston');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
 var async = require('async');
 var db = require('./database');
+var events = require('./events');
 
 var Reset = {};
 
@@ -133,6 +134,12 @@ function resetPlugin(pluginId, callback) {
 				next();
 			}
 		},
+		function (next) {
+			events.log({
+				type: 'plugin-deactivate',
+				text: pluginId,
+			}, next);
+		},
 	], function (err) {
 		if (err) {
 			winston.error('[reset] Could not disable plugin: %s encountered error %s', pluginId, err.message);