[Users] centralized Logging engine and hypervisor

[Martin Perina]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sven Kieske" <S.Kieske at mittwald.de>
> To: "Ernest Beinrohr" <Ernest.Beinrohr at axonpro.sk>, "Users at ovirt.org List" <Users at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:14:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] centralized Logging engine and hypervisor
> 
> Thanks for the heads up.
> 
> Honestly, I think it should be easy
> to change logging from file-based to a central
> syslog server, but it does not seem to be the case
> for oVirt.
> 
> 
> 
> Does someone know how to rewrite this section from
> 
> /usr/share/ovirt-engine/services/ovirt-engine/ovirt-engine.xml.in
> 
> to use syslog?
> 
>     <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:logging:1.1">
> 
>       <!-- All the application server messages go here: -->
>       <file-handler name="SERVER">
>         <level name="INFO"/>
>         <formatter>
>           <pattern-formatter pattern="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%E%n"/>
>         </formatter>
>         <file path="$getstring('ENGINE_LOG')/server.log"/>
>         <append value="true"/>
>       </file-handler>
> 

I didn't try it, but some info can be found in this thread:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10400263/jboss-as-7-configure-logging-to-syslog-appender

> 
> Am 20.03.2014 10:05, schrieb Ernest Beinrohr:
> > Dňa 19.03.2014 17:12, Sven Kieske wrote / napísal(a):
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I got a question regarding centralized logging:
> >>
> >> I guess in order to make the engine log to /dev/log
> >>
> >> I have to manipulate /etc/ovirt-engine/engine-config/log4j.xml ?
> >>
> >> I think these tutorials might fit somehow?
> >>
> >> https://blog.trifork.com/2010/01/14/logging-to-the-syslog-from-a-java-application/
> >>
> >> http://help.papertrailapp.com/discussions/questions/86-how-to-make-jboss-log-to-syslog
> >>
> >>
> >> for vdsm I'll just have to change:
> >>
> >> /etc/vdsm/svdsm.logger.conf and /etc/vdsm/logger.conf
> >>
> >> to:
> >>
> >> handlers=syslog
> >>
> >> Am I on the right track for the engine-log?
> >>
> > 
> > Don't forget to backup the file, it's not marked as a config, so a new
> > update will replace it :)
> > 
> > $ rpm -q --qf '[%{filenames}: %{fileflags}\n]' -f
> > /etc/ovirt-engine/engine-config/log4j.xml | grep log4j.xml
> > /etc/ovirt-engine/engine-config/log4j.xml: 0
> > /etc/ovirt-engine/engine-manage-domains/log4j.xml: 0
> > /etc/ovirt-engine/notifier/log4j.xml: 1
> > 
> > 
> 
> --
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Regards
> 
> Sven Kieske
> 
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