Hi everyone I am not sure if this has been raised before, I tried checking the archives.
We have the same configuration path shared by several GeoServer (2.22.2) container instances that we are executing. This is acceptable for the shared configuration, but we want to split the logging for each instance into a distinct directory/file (or something similar) to prevent various instances' logs from overwriting each other. We are hoping to achieve this without customizing the Docker image (oscarfonts or osgeo). The hostnames keep changing every time the container instances are restarted, which presents an issue in this case. A related issue: All containers are behind a single load balancer, which means that the browser connects to a random container's GUI and, depending on how it is configured, will possibly only return that container's logs (using the menu GeoServer Logs) rather than all containers' logs. On the load balancer, sticky sessions have been set up. I have followed this guide. https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/configuration/logging.html#overriding-the-log-location-setup-in-the-geoserver-configuration I tried the below: GEOSERVER_LOG_LOCATION Approach: I have tried creating a custom location and file before the container starts using a startup script, but the GeoServer Global GUI log setting only picks up locations that are inside the GEOSERVER_PATH. Issue: I cannot create a custom location and file for each container inside GEOSERVER_PATH unless the Docker image is modified Using Log4J property substitution in a .xml logging profile Approach: This creates separate logs using the ${hostName} variable. Issue: The GeoServer logs GUI can't read the ${hostName} variable from the Global GUI log settings (logs/geoserver-${hostName}.log). If you explicitly put the container hostname (logs/geoserver-xxxxxxxx.log) in the Global GUI setting manually, then you can read the logs from the GeoServer logs GUI. This however won't work on the next container restart, as a new hostname will be generated, and you will have to manually update it. ENV_PARAMETERS Approach: I tried passing the hostName variable into the environment.properties file for the GUI to read. Issue: The global GUI setting could not read the hostName variable that I tried to pass. I could be passing it incorrectly (geoserver_hostname = ${hostName}). We have tested ENV_PARAMETERS, and they worked for Proxy Base URL in Global GUI settings. It could be that environment.properties don't read variables? I have not been able to find a similar use case when searching online. Any advice would be greatly valued. Regards Nkosinathi Skhosana IT | Senior Systems Administrator Office +27 87 310 6400 Mobile +27 78 438 5944 AfriGIS (Pty) Ltd -25.808611 | 28.256111 Rigel Park, 446 Rigel Avenue S, Erasmusrand, Pretoria, South Africa [cid:image001.png@01D958C3.4EF86930]
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