Setup

1. Create a database other than your Moodle database.
2. Create a table in the above database identical to the logstore_standard in your Moodle database.
3. This QA should ideally be done by a developer.

Test

1. Goto Site administration ► Plugins ► Logging ► Manage log stores
2. Enable External database log
3. Go to settings for the logstore
4. Enter your new database and table details and save
5. Click on "Test connection" and make sure you can successfully connect to the database table.
6. Perform multiple actions that trigger events, ex:- Creating/editing/deleting modules.
7. Go to the Log report (Site administration ► Reports ► Logs).
8. Select "External database" from the drop down for logstores and click on "Get these logs"
9. Make sure you see a list of log entries related to the actions you performed earlier.