[systemd-devel] Systemd service and structured logging

[Jérémy ROSEN]

you can have both your app and the wrapper launched by a shell, and have
systemd monitor the shell...

Le lun. 6 mai 2019 à 09:09, Thomas Güttler <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de> a
écrit :

> Am 03.05.19 um 13:29 schrieb Jérémy ROSEN:
> > if you want the whole power of structured logs, you need to use the
> journald API
> > I am not sure in what language your program is written, but if you are
> using C, it's pretty trivial to do
> > (and i'm pretty sure most bindings are trivial to use too)
>
>
> Yes, this would work.
>
>
> Solution 1:
>   My service (written Python) uses the journald API.
>   Disadvantage: My script can't be run under a different environment
> (without journald)
>
>
>
> Solution 2:
>   I let my service write json to stdout and a wrapper collects these lines
> and the wrapper uses the journald API.
>   Disadvantage: Systemd is monitoring the wrapper, not the real service.
> Signal handling for stopping and restarting
>   is not direct from systemd to service.
>
>
> The perfect solution is not found yet.
>
> Regards,
>    Thomas Güttler
>
>
> --
> Thomas Guettler http://www.thomas-guettler.de/
> I am looking for feedback:
> https://github.com/guettli/programming-guidelines
>


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