7.1.2-Service-definition-file.md

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+# Service definition file (/etc/logwatch/conf/services/backup.conf)
+
+## LogFile Group file definition
+
+The service file needs to know what group of log files it is responsible for processing.  This MUST match the name of your *LogFile Group file*:
+
+```Ini
+LogFile = backup
+...
+```
+
+If you change your LogFile Group filename, then update it here too without the *.conf* extension.
+
+## Report title
+
+The Logwatch output file (html or text) is divided into sections.  You can define the title to be anything that has meaning for you.  I have arbitrarily chosen *"System and Mailcow Backup"* but you can change it to anything you want by modifying the line:
+
+```Ini
+...
+Title = "System and Mailcow Backup"
+```
+
+## Detail level
+
+If you want to set the *detail* level of this service differently from your other services (which will use the *--detail* switch value or the value in your *logwatch.conf*), then you can define that level here.  By default, it appears like this in the service configuration file:
+
+```Ini
+...
+# Override the detail level for this service
+# Remember the levels are: 0, 1-4, 5, 6+
+# Detail = 0
+```
+
+Simply change it to the value you want enforced.  For example, here I'm setting it to output level 5 regardless of whatever settings everything else is using.
+
+```Ini
+# Override the detail level for this service
+# Remember the levels are: 0, 1-4, 5, 6+
+Detail = 5
+```