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Radicale logs to stderr. The verbosity of the log output can be controlled
with --debug command line argument or the debug configuration option in
the logging section.
This is the recommended configuration for use with modern init systems (like systemd) or if you just test Radicale in a terminal.
You can configure Radicale to write its logging output to files (and even rotate them). This is useful if the process daemonizes or if your chosen method of running Radicale doesn't handle logging output.
A logging configuration file can be specified in the config configuration
option in the logging section. The file format is explained in the
Python Logging Module.
Logging to a file
An example configuration to write the log output to the file /var/log/radicale/log:
[loggers]
keys = root
[handlers]
keys = file
[formatters]
keys = full
[logger_root]
# Change this to DEBUG or INFO for higher verbosity.
level = WARNING
handlers = file
[handler_file]
class = FileHandler
# Specify the output file here.
args = ('/var/log/radicale/log',)
formatter = full
[formatter_full]
format = %(asctime)s - [%(thread)x] %(levelname)s: %(message)s
You can specify multiple logger, handler and formatter if you want to have multiple simultaneous log outputs.
The parent folder of the log files must exist and must be writable by Radicale.
Security: The log files should not be readable by unauthorized users. Set permissions accordingly.
Timed rotation of disk log files
An example handler configuration to write the log output to the file /var/log/radicale/log and rotate it.
Replace the section handler_file from the file logging example:
[handler_file]
class = handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler
# Specify the output file and parameter for rotation here.
# See https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.handlers.html#logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler
# Example: rollover at midnight and keep 7 files (means one week)
args = ('/var/log/radicale/log', when='midnight', interval=1, backupCount=7)
formatter = full
Rotation of disk log files based on size
An example handler configuration to write the log output to the file /var/log/radicale/log and rotate it .
Replace the section handle_file from the file logging example:
[handler_file]
class = handlers.RotatingFileHandler
# Specify the output file and parameter for rotation here.
# See https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.handlers.html#logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
# Example: rollover at 100000 kB and keep 10 files (means 1 MB)
args = ('/var/log/radicale/log', 'a', 100000, 10)
formatter = full