[Freeswitch-users] Frustrating and inconsistent log format !

[cmrienzo at gmail.com]

There is mod_graylog2 which allows you to emit json formatted structured logs to either logstash or graylog server.   It would be nice if some more support could be pushed to core, but it's not a priority for me. 

Chris


> On Jan 13, 2016, at 11:28, Tim Smith <randomdev4 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Peter,
> 
> You've got the wrong end of the stick.
> 
> Remove the UUIDs is not what I'm saying .... at all.  ;-)
> 
> Tim
> 
>> On 13 January 2016 at 16:22, Peter Steinbach <lists at telefaks.de> wrote:
>> Hello Tim,
>> 
>> I love having the UUID in the logs. This helps a lot during debugging a
>> system with high call volume. Thus I can simply grep the logs by UUID
>> and get (almost) all data for this call.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Peter
>> 
>> 
>>> On 01/13/16 17:06, Tim Smith wrote:
>>> Dear FreeSWITCH Developers,
>>> 
>>> Permit me a modest rant if you may.
>>> 
>>> Why do log lines start with UUID ?  Its format is hard to define and
>>> subject to the developer's whims ....why not start the line with a
>>> date, like almost any other sane program,  and put the UUID elsewhere
>>> ?
>>> 
>>> Why on earth is the log format so inconsistent ? e.g.
>>> 
>>> Sometimes developers feel like giving us a date ....
>>> 
>>> 7d28af7d-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-2e20e2bXXXX 2016-01-13 12:00:47.198394 [DEBUG]
>>> switch_core_state_machine.c:636
>>> 
>>> Sometimes they even manage the date in a sensible location ....
>>> 
>>> 2016-01-13 11:58:14.838392 [DEBUG] sofia.c:9124
>>> 
>>> Other times they can't be bothered to provide such a critical piece of
>>> information.....
>>> 
>>> 4891efd5-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-58d153b8XXXX Dialplan: sofia/internal/
>>> 
>>> Please devs... spend a little time cleaning up the logging ... it
>>> helps debugging and troubleshooting so much if we have some
>>> consistency there !!!!!
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
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>> 
>> --
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