+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #966050 +++ Description of problem: Double logging when using syslog; Doubled logging when configuring syslog: logging will go to syslog AND to file. The initscripts of the various components include a --logfile $logfile This will always turn on logging to file even if syslog is setup in the nova config. Note that this bug is a duplicate of the bugreport in EPEL: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892626 I recreate this report since RDO is split of from the EPEL version (and that nothing happened with that bugreport) --- Additional comment from Pádraig Brady on 2014-01-15 09:43:48 EST --- --- Additional comment from Xavier Queralt on 2014-03-10 09:38:28 EDT --- I think there is no specify the logfile in the service script. Vladan, could you change this in the nova service scripts while doing the next build? --- Additional comment from Alan Pevec on 2014-04-01 06:15:02 EDT --- (In reply to Xavier Queralt from comment #2) > I think there is no specify the logfile in the service script. --logfile is specified in each service script so they have separate log files. > Vladan, could you change this in the nova service scripts while doing the next build? If you want to remove --logfile, then each service will need separate dist-conf file?
Hello! To be honest, we find both ways quite helpful for debugging. Journald (which ends up in syslog) provides convenient near-range search, while files store logs for longer time. If we do plan to fix that, it should be an openstack-wide decision.