Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracLogging

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Jan 28, 2011, 2:52:13 PM (14 years ago)

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-Trac supports logging of system messages using the standard ''logging'' module part of Python 2.3 and newer.
+Trac supports logging of system messages using the standard [http://docs.python.org/lib/module-logging.html logging module] that comes with Python.
 
-'''Note:''' If you are using a Python version older than 2.3, the Trac logging mechanism will be silently disabled.
-
-Logging is configured in the {{{[logging]}}} section in [wiki:TracIni trac.ini].
-
-== Python 2.2 Workaround ==
-If you are using Python 2.2, however, note that the logging package from Python 2.3 works perfectly under 2.2 as well; you can just copy the entire {{{logging}}} directory from the Python 2.3 library into the Python 2.2 lib directory. Perhaps not the most elegant solution, but it works.
-
+Logging is configured in the `[logging]` section in [wiki:TracIni#logging-section trac.ini].
 
 == Supported Logging Methods ==
- * '''none''' -- Suppress all log messages.
- * '''file''' -- Log messages to a file, specified with the ''log_file'' directive in [wiki:TracIni trac.ini]. 
- * '''stderr''' -- Output all log entries to console ([wiki:TracStandalone tracd] only).
- * '''syslog''' -- (UNIX) Send messages to local syslogd via named pipe '/dev/log'.
- * '''winlog''' -- (Windows) Use the system's NT eventlog for Trac logging.
+
+The log method is set using the `log_type` option in [wiki:TracIni#logging-section trac.ini], which takes any of the following values:
+
+ '''none'':: Suppress all log messages.
+ '''file''':: Log messages to a file, specified with the `log_file` option in [wiki:TracIni#logging-section trac.ini]. 
+ '''stderr''':: Output all log entries to console ([wiki:TracStandalone tracd] only).
+ '''syslog''':: (UNIX) Send all log messages to the local syslogd via named pipe `/dev/log`. By default, syslog will write them to the file /var/log/messages.
+ '''eventlog''':: (Windows) Use the system's NT Event Log for Trac logging.
 
 == Log Levels ==
-The level of verbosity of logged messages can be set using the ''log_level'' directive in [wiki:TracIni trac.ini]. The log level defines the minimum level of urgency required for a message to be logged.
 
-The levels are:
- * ''CRITICAL'' -- Log only the most critical, typically fatal, messages.
- * ''ERROR'' -- Request failures, bugs and errors. 
- * ''WARN'' -- Warnings, non-interrupting events.
- * ''INFO'' -- Diagnostic information, log information about all requests.
- * ''DEBUG'' -- Development messages, profiling, etc. Not fit for human consumption.
+The verbosity level of logged messages can be set using the `log_level` option in [wiki:TracIni#logging-section trac.ini]. The log level defines the minimum level of urgency required for a message to be logged, and those levels are:
+
+ '''CRITICAL''':: Log only the most critical (typically fatal) errors.
+ '''ERROR''':: Log failures, bugs and errors. 
+ '''WARN''':: Log warnings, non-interrupting events.
+ '''INFO''':: Diagnostic information, log information about all processing.
+ '''DEBUG''':: Trace messages, profiling, etc.
+
+Note that starting with Trac 0.11.5 you can in addition enable logging of SQL statements, at debug level. This is turned off by default, as it's very verbose (set `[trac] debug_sql = yes` in TracIni to activate).
+
+== Log Format ==
+
+Starting with Trac 0.10.4 (see [trac:#2844 #2844]), it is possible to set the output format for log entries. This can be done through the `log_format` option in [wiki:TracIni#logging-section trac.ini]. The format is a string which can contain any of the [http://docs.python.org/lib/node422.html Python logging Formatter variables]. Additonally, the following Trac-specific variables can be used:
+ '''$(basename)s''':: The last path component of the current environment.
+ '''$(path)s''':: The absolute path for the current environment.
+ '''$(project)s''':: The originating project's name.
+
+Note that variables are identified using a dollar sign (`$(...)s`) instead of percent sign (`%(...)s`).
+
+The default format is:
+{{{
+log_format = Trac[$(module)s] $(levelname)s: $(message)s
+}}}
+
+In a multi-project environment where all logs are sent to the same place (e.g. `syslog`), it makes sense to add the project name. In this example we use `basename` since that can generally be used to identify a project:
+{{{
+log_format = Trac[$(basename)s:$(module)s] $(levelname)s: $(message)s
+}}}
 
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