Log Format for Applications

For Applications NOT running as Docker Containers:

Spec

Application logs need to Log as per RFC5424.

Run time requirements

Applications need to pipe their logs to SYSLOG. A separate process owned by the DevOps team will transport and aggregate the logs. Application Developers need to fill in the program field intelligently, esp in clustered settings.

Sample Log line

Fields should be self explanatory. If not, refer to the RFC.

{
    "message": "10.255.0.27 - - [02/Aug/2017:03:53:37 +0000] \"GET /auth/realms/sunbird/protocol/openid-connect/auth?client_id=portal&state=foo&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdev.open-sunbird.org%2Fprivate%2Findex%3Fauth_callback%3D1&scope=openid&response_type=code HTTP/1.1\" 200 5927 \"-\" \"Go-http-client/1.1\" \"-\"\n",
    "host": "10.0.7.9",
    "priority": 14,
    "timestamp8601": "2017-08-02T03:53:37Z",
    "logsource": "15beacd7fa24",
    "program": "proxy-dev_proxy.1.exsprsyjo6x7gfkj16bddos8t",
    "pid": "114143",
    "severity": 6,
    "facility": 1,
    "timestamp": "2017-08-02T03:53:37Z",
    "facility_label": "user-level",
    "severity_label": "Informational"
  }

For Applications running as Docker Containers:

Follow instructions as in https://docs.docker.com/engine/admin/logging/view_container_logs/