[openstack-dev] Proposed Logging Standards

Macdonald-Wallace, Matthew matthew.macdonald-wallace at hp.com
Thu Jan 30 14:07:18 UTC 2014


No idea, I only really work on Nova, but as this is in Oslo I expect so!

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sanchez, Cristian A [mailto:cristian.a.sanchez at intel.com]
> Sent: 30 January 2014 13:44
> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Proposed Logging Standards
> 
> Hi Matt,
> What about the rest of the components? Do they also have this capability?
> Thanks
> 
> Cristian
> 
> On 30/01/14 04:59, "Macdonald-Wallace, Matthew"
> <matthew.macdonald-wallace at hp.com> wrote:
> 
> >Hi Cristian,
> >
> >The functionality already exists within Openstack (certainly it's there
> >in Nova) it's just not very well documented (something I keep meaning
> >to
> >do!)
> >
> >Basically you need to add the following to your nova.conf file:
> >
> >log_config=/etc/nova/logging.conf
> >
> >And then create /etc/nova/logging.conf with the configuration you want
> >to use based on the Python Logging Module's "ini" configuration format.
> >
> >Hope that helps,
> >
> >Matt
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Sanchez, Cristian A [mailto:cristian.a.sanchez at intel.com]
> >> Sent: 29 January 2014 17:57
> >> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
> >> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Proposed Logging Standards
> >>
> >> Hi Matthew,
> >> I¹m interested to help in this switch to python logging framework for
> >>shipping to  logstash/etc. Are you working on a blueprint for this?
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Cristian
> >>
> >> On 27/01/14 11:07, "Macdonald-Wallace, Matthew"
> >> <matthew.macdonald-wallace at hp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi Sean,
> >> >
> >> >I'm currently working on moving away from the "built-in" logging to
> >> >use log_config=<filename> and the python logging framework so that
> >> >we can start shipping to logstash/sentry/<insert other useful tool here>.
> >> >
> >> >I'd be very interested in getting involved in this, especially from
> >> >a "why do we have log messages that are split across multiple lines"
> >> >perspective!
> >> >
> >> >Cheers,
> >> >
> >> >Matt
> >> >
> >> >P.S. FWIW, I'd also welcome details on what the "Audit" level gives
> >> >us that the others don't... :)
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Sean Dague [mailto:sean at dague.net]
> >> >> Sent: 27 January 2014 13:08
> >> >> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List
> >> >> Subject: [openstack-dev] Proposed Logging Standards
> >> >>
> >> >> Back at the beginning of the cycle, I pushed for the idea of doing
> >> >>some log  harmonization, so that the OpenStack logs, across
> >> >>services, made sense.
> >> >>I've
> >> >> pushed a proposed changes to Nova and Keystone over the past
> >> >>couple of days.
> >> >>
> >> >> This is going to be a long process, so right now I want to just
> >> >>focus on making  INFO level sane, because as someone that spends a
> >> >>lot of time staring at logs in  test failures, I can tell you it
> >> >>currently isn't.
> >> >>
> >> >> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/LoggingStandards is a few things
> >> >>I've written  down so far, comments welcomed.
> >> >>
> >> >> We kind of need to solve this set of recommendations once and for
> >> >>all up front,  because negotiating each change, with each project,
> >> >>isn't going to work (e.g -
> >> >> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/69218/)
> >> >>
> >> >> What I'd like to find out now:
> >> >>
> >> >> 1) who's interested in this topic?
> >> >> 2) who's interested in helping flesh out the guidelines for
> >> >>various log levels?
> >> >> 3) who's interested in helping get these kinds of patches into
> >> >>various projects in  OpenStack?
> >> >> 4) which projects are interested in participating (i.e. interested
> >> >>in prioritizing  landing these kinds of UX improvements)
> >> >>
> >> >> This is going to be progressive and iterative. And will require
> >> >>lots of folks  involved.
> >> >>
> >> >> 	-Sean
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Sean Dague
> >> >> Samsung Research America
> >> >> sean at dague.net / sean.dague at samsung.com http://dague.net
> >> >
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