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-rw-r--r--config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg b/config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg
index 2e180730..937b07f8 100644
--- a/config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg
+++ b/config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg
@@ -53,14 +53,19 @@ _log:
args=("/dev/log", handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_USER)
log_cfgs:
-# These will be joined into a string that defines the configuration
- - [ *log_base, *log_syslog ]
-# These will be joined into a string that defines the configuration
+# Array entries in this list will be joined into a string
+# that defines the configuration.
+#
+# If you want logs to go to syslog, uncomment the following line.
+# - [ *log_base, *log_syslog ]
+#
+# The default behavior is to just log to a file.
+# This mechanism that does not depend on a system service to operate.
- [ *log_base, *log_file ]
-# A file path can also be used
+# A file path can also be used.
# - /etc/log.conf
-# this tells cloud-init to redirect its stdout and stderr to
+# This tells cloud-init to redirect its stdout and stderr to
# 'tee -a /var/log/cloud-init-output.log' so the user can see output
# there without needing to look on the console.
output: {all: '| tee -a /var/log/cloud-init-output.log'}