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diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config.txt index 5000d6d7..443fee2e 100644 --- a/doc/examples/cloud-config.txt +++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config.txt @@ -328,3 +328,21 @@ phone_home: # timezone: set the timezone for this instance # the value of 'timezone' must exist in /usr/share/zoneinfo timezone: US/Eastern + +# def_log_file and syslog_fix_perms work together +# if +# - logging is set to go to a log file 'L' both with and without syslog +# - and 'L' does not exist +# - and syslog is configured to write to 'L' +# then 'L' will be initially created with root:root ownership (during +# cloud-init), and then at cloud-config time (when syslog is available) +# the syslog daemon will be unable to write to the file. +# +# to remedy this situation, 'def_log_file' can be set to a filename +# and syslog_fix_perms to a string containing "<user>:<group>" +# +# the default values are '/var/log/cloud-init.log' and 'syslog:adm' +# the value of 'def_log_file' should match what is configured in logging +# if either is empty, then no change of ownership will be done +def_log_file: /var/log/my-logging-file.log +syslog_fix_perms: syslog:root |