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[jira] [Updated] (COUCHDB-2264) stdout should not print redundant activity

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2264?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Warren Togami updated COUCHDB-2264:
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    Summary: stdout should not print redundant activity  (was: stdout should not print database activity)

> stdout should not print redundant activity
> ------------------------------------------
>
>                 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
>
> 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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