contek-timbersaw 2.0

Timbersaw for automatic logging configuration

Timbersaw Logging Configurator

timbersaw is a an automatic logging configurator.

1. Quick Start

import logging
import contek_timbersaw as timbersaw

timbersaw.setup()
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

logger.info('foo bar')

2. Results

INFO level logging will be written to:

{WORKING_DIRECTORY}/logs/info/{yyyy}-{MM}-{dd}.log

ERROR level logging will be written to:

{WORKING_DIRECTORY}/logs/error/{yyyy}-{MM}-{dd}.log

3. Features

Compression

When an INFO log file passes its active period (defaults to when a new day starts), it gets GZipped. For example:

2009-01-03.log -> 2009-01-03.log.gz

Retention

Old logs will be deleted after their retention period. By default, INFO logs are kept for 14 days and ERROR logs are kept for 28 days.

4. Default Settings

log_format

%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s

log_date_format

%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S

log_root

{WORKDING_DIRECTORY}/logs

log_rolling

MIDNIGHT

log_utc

False

log_info_retention_days

14

log_error_retention_days

28

log_utc

False

5. Customization

Settings are configurable via environment properties. They can be set before your program starts using export. For example:

export log_error_retention_days=7

Otherwise, they can be set at runtime using os.environ. For example:

import os

os.environ['log_error_retention_days'] = '7'