From 08b50a6ea239f480493f202c563d788cabb92380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Moser Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:18:14 -0500 Subject: provide default 'output' setting to log to /var/log/cloud-init-output.log This has been "best practice" for quite some time, and its a common request of "where is the output of my user-data programs". http://askubuntu.com/questions/345344/where-are-the-logs-for-my-user-data-script-cloud-init --- config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'config') diff --git a/config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg b/config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg index 410a0650..2e180730 100644 --- a/config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg +++ b/config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg @@ -59,3 +59,8 @@ log_cfgs: - [ *log_base, *log_file ] # A file path can also be used # - /etc/log.conf + +# 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'} -- cgit v1.2.3