sameersbn/docker-redmine

Add an option to send logs to STDOUT

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#383 opened on Feb 18, 2019

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Description

When using docker with a container orchestrator (kubernetes, in my case), most logging infrastructures will expect your containers to send their logs through STDOUT/STDERR.

In this image, we miss most interesting logs (typically, access logs) because they go directly to files. Moreover, the location where they go is a volume, which makes it way harder to symlink the logfiles to another location (such as /dev/stdout or /proc/1/fd/1).

It would be really convenient to have an environment variable that would allow all logs to be sent to STDOUT.

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Examine the Docker entrypoint script (e.g., assets/runtime/functions) and locate where Redmine's log file paths are set. Then add an option such as `LOG TO STDOUT=true` to route logs to stdout instead of files.
Tech stack
shelldocker
Domain
devops
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Feature
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Docker
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75