Chef client logging to syslog

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Syslog logger is at http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/SyslogLogger/

install w/ gem

gem install SyslogLogger

A “free” quick n dirty method to get chef-client (and chef-solo) to log syslog

gem install
Add the following to /etc/chef/client.rb (or solo.rb)

— [ begin snip ] —

require 'syslog_logger’
Chef::Log.logger = SyslogLogger.new(“chef”)

— [ end snip ] —

Ideally this would be a patch to chef-(solo|client) which could easily
be configured correctly. but for immediate future, this fits the
bill.

Cheers,
~ Sig

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Thanks for posting this. I have been wondering if I could get the
chef-client logs into syslog, seems easy enough.

-Joe

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:58:54 -0700
Sig Lange sig.lange@gmail.com wrote:

Syslog logger is at http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/SyslogLogger/

install w/ gem

gem install SyslogLogger

A "free" quick n dirty method to get chef-client (and chef-solo) to
log syslog

gem install
Add the following to /etc/chef/client.rb (or solo.rb)

--- [ begin snip ] ---

require 'syslog_logger'
Chef::Log.logger = SyslogLogger.new("chef")

--- [ end snip ] ---

Ideally this would be a patch to chef-(solo|client) which could easily
be configured correctly. but for immediate future, this fits the
bill.

Cheers,
~ Sig

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Email: joe@joetify.com
Blog: http://www.joeandmotorboat.com/

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Joe Williams joe@joetify.com wrote:

Thanks for posting this. I have been wondering if I could get the
chef-client logs into syslog, seems easy enough.

Agreed, looks interesting. I'm currently overhauling our syslog
infrastrucutre, so this could be a nice addition.

Will test tomorrow, cheers!!

Joel

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Joel Merrick joel.merrick@gmail.comwrote:

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Joe Williams joe@joetify.com wrote:

Thanks for posting this. I have been wondering if I could get the
chef-client logs into syslog, seems easy enough.

Agreed, looks interesting. I'm currently overhauling our syslog
infrastrucutre, so this could be a nice addition.

Will test tomorrow, cheers!!

Joel

Is there any reason why chef-client and chef-server shouldn't log to syslog
by default?

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Joe Van Dyk
http://fixieconsulting.com

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Joe Van Dyk joe@fixieconsulting.comwrote:

Is there any reason why chef-client and chef-server shouldn't log to syslog
by default?

I second this question. Is there any reason why?