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Warren Togami commented on COUCHDB-2264:
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Additional note:
/bin/couchdb erroneously ignores -o, -e and most other parameters if run
without -b.
> stdout should not print database activity
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> Key: COUCHDB-2264
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2264
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Bug
> Security Level: public(Regular issues)
> Reporter: Warren Togami
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> https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/master/etc/init/couchdb.tpl.in
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/couchdb.git/tree/couchdb.init?h=f20
> Old sysv init scripts ran couchdb with the -b option which used -o and -e to
> redirect stdout and stderr elsewhere. The default /var/log/couchdb/couch.log
> sees only this at startup:
> [Thu, 03 Jul 2014 05:47:53 GMT] [info] [<0.32.0>] Apache CouchDB has started
> on http://127.0.0.1:5984/
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/couchdb.git/tree/couchdb.service?h=f20
> Here is an example of a systemd .service file for couchdb. Since it does not
> use -o and -e, all stdout and stderr messages are logged in journal/syslog.
> This is redundant as all the database activity is already logged to
> /var/log/couchdb/couch.log.
> Adding -o /dev/null -e /dev/null to the systemd .service would suffice in
> silencing the redundant logging. However it also stops printing helpful
> messages like:
> Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 (LogLevel=info) is starting.
> Apache CouchDB has started. Time to relax.
> [info] [<0.32.0>] Apache CouchDB has started on http://127.0.0.1:5984/
> I humbly request the following...
> * If couchdb is logging the database activity refrain from redundantly
> printing to stdout. Provide an option to bring it back for people that want
> the old behavior.
> * With stdout far less noisy, services no longer need to silence it. You can
> print additional useful messages during startup, perhaps something like:
> Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 (LogLevel=info) is starting.
> Apache CouchDB logging to /var/log/couchdb/couch.log
> Apache CouchDB has started. Time to relax.
> [info] [<0.32.0>] Apache CouchDB has started on http://127.0.0.1:5984/
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