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-rw-r--r--cmd/podman/main.go7
-rw-r--r--cmd/podman/main_remote.go39
-rw-r--r--docs/podman.1.md2
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/main.go b/cmd/podman/main.go
index cbca32cc8..847cc0731 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/main.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/main.go
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ func before(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
logrus.Errorf(err.Error())
os.Exit(1)
}
- if err := setSyslog(); err != nil {
- return err
- }
+
if err := setupRootless(cmd, args); err != nil {
return err
}
@@ -121,6 +119,9 @@ func before(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
return err
}
logrus.SetLevel(level)
+ if err := setSyslog(); err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
if err := setRLimits(); err != nil {
return err
diff --git a/cmd/podman/main_remote.go b/cmd/podman/main_remote.go
index 1b9430e92..ecbb44d5a 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/main_remote.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/main_remote.go
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
package main
import (
+ "fmt"
+ "os"
"os/user"
+ "path/filepath"
+ "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/homedir"
+ "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
"github.com/spf13/cobra"
)
@@ -20,11 +25,41 @@ func init() {
rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.RemoteUserName, "username", username, "username on the remote host")
rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.RemoteHost, "remote-host", "", "remote host")
// TODO maybe we allow the altering of this for bridge connections?
- //rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.VarlinkAddress, "varlink-address", adapter.DefaultAddress, "address of the varlink socket")
- rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.LogLevel, "log-level", "error", "Log messages above specified level: debug, info, warn, error, fatal or panic")
+ // rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.VarlinkAddress, "varlink-address", adapter.DefaultAddress, "address of the varlink socket")
+ rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.LogLevel, "log-level", "error", "Log messages above specified level: debug, info, warn, error, fatal or panic. Logged to ~/.config/containers/podman.log")
+ rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&MainGlobalOpts.Syslog, "syslog", false, "Output logging information to syslog as well as the console")
}
func setSyslog() error {
+ // Log to file if not using syslog
+ homeDir := homedir.Get()
+ path := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config", "containers")
+
+ if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+ if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0750); err != nil {
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v", err)
+ return err
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Update path to include file name
+ path = filepath.Join(path, "podman.log")
+
+ // Create the log file if doesn't exist. And append to it if it already exists.
+ file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0640)
+ if err != nil {
+ // Cannot open log file. Logging to stderr
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v", err)
+ return err
+ } else {
+ formatter := new(logrus.TextFormatter)
+ formatter.FullTimestamp = true
+ logrus.SetFormatter(formatter)
+ logrus.SetOutput(file)
+ }
+
+ // Note this message is only logged if --log-level >= Info!
+ logrus.Infof("Logging level set to %s", logrus.GetLevel().String())
return nil
}
diff --git a/docs/podman.1.md b/docs/podman.1.md
index 84e695d23..a150ca373 100644
--- a/docs/podman.1.md
+++ b/docs/podman.1.md
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Storage driver option, Default storage driver options are configured in /etc/con
output logging information to syslog as well as the console
+On remote clients, logging is directed to the file ~/.config/containers/podman.log
+
**--version**, **-v**
Print the version