cloud-init does not write to syslog by default because it wants to allow the user to configure rsyslog. second difference/tidyness thing is that /var/log/cloud-init.log contains DEBUG output. I does not feel proper to me to have debug output written to syslog (or journal) by default.
cloud-init needs lots of cleanup on logging. it is really verbose in most cases with output not suitable or useful to the journal. On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 2:10 PM Dan Watkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > We just had some internal conversation about this, which I will do my > best to summarise here. > > Ryan agreed that this would make debugging easier, but worried about > removing cloud-init.log as it's a well established path that people rely > on. He identified that `cloud-init analyze` was one example of > something that would need to be modified to not rely on cloud-init.log. > > I noted that I wasn't intending this as a proposal to drop cloud- > init.log. I noted that we're going to need to support non-systemd > instances using cloud-init.log anyway, so we won't be able to drop those > code paths regardless. I noted that `cloud-init collect-logs` may need > updating. > > I proposed the following plan for Ubuntu: emit to both cloud-init.log > and the journal in 20.04 LTS, and discuss dropping cloud-init.log for > 22.04 LTS. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to cloud- > init in Ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838032 > > Title: > cloud-init should emit all of its logs to the systemd journal > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1838032/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838032 Title: cloud-init should emit all of its logs to the systemd journal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1838032/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
