Re: What extra logging utilities are needed with s6?

2021-01-20 Thread Laurent Bercot
If all your services support logging to stdout/stderr you can get away without a syslog service. Instead of a single logging service consuming logs from all other services s6 is designed to connect each long running service with its own tiny dedicated logging service. To add to this: it is l

Re: What extra logging utilities are needed with s6?

2021-01-20 Thread Crest
On 20.01.21 07:56, Kian Kasad wrote: Hi all, I apologize if this is a "dumb" or seemingly obvious question. Logging and monitoring are definitely my weak points when it comes to Linux/UNIX. In terms of logging, what exactly does s6 handle and what do I need to handle using external programs? I