Change default log configuration (#13088)

* Change default log configuration

This PR changes the install page and the docker default
logging configuration to match the suggested configuration
that I repeatedly end up suggesting on issues.

It further improves the logging configuration docs to
recommend specific instructions for how to configure logs
for posting to issues.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>

* Update docs/content/doc/advanced/logging-documentation.en-us.md
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zeripath 4 years ago committed by GitHub
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  1. 6
      docker/root/etc/templates/app.ini
  2. 43
      docs/content/doc/advanced/logging-documentation.en-us.md
  3. 6
      routers/install.go

@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ HOST = $DB_HOST
NAME = $DB_NAME
USER = $DB_USER
PASSWD = $DB_PASSWD
LOG_SQL = false
[indexer]
ISSUE_INDEXER_PATH = /data/gitea/indexers/issues.bleve
@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ REPOSITORY_AVATAR_UPLOAD_PATH = /data/gitea/repo-avatars
PATH = /data/gitea/attachments
[log]
MODE = console
LEVEL = info
REDIRECT_MACARON_LOG = true
MACARON = console
ROUTER = console
ROOT_PATH = /data/gitea/log
[security]

@ -290,9 +290,48 @@ messages. However, you could perhaps set this logger to work on `FATAL`.
* `RECEIVERS`: Email addresses to send to.
* `SUBJECT`: **Diagnostic message from Gitea**
## Default Configuration
## Debugging problems
The default empty configuration is equivalent to:
When submitting logs in Gitea issues it is often helpful to submit
merged logs obtained by either by redirecting the console log to a file or
copying and pasting it. To that end it is recommended to set your logging to:
```ini
[database]
LOG_SQL = false ; SQL logs are rarely helpful unless we specifically ask for them
...
[log]
MODE = console
LEVEL = debug ; please set the level to debug when we are debugging a problem
REDIRECT_MACARON_LOG = true
MACARON = console
ROUTER = console
COLORIZE = false ; this can be true if you can strip out the ansi coloring
```
Sometimes it will be helpful get some specific `TRACE` level logging retricted
to messages that match a specific `EXPRESSION`. Adjusting the `MODE` in the
`[log]` section to `MODE = console,traceconsole` to add a new logger output
`traceconsole` and then adding its corresponding section would be helpful:
```ini
[log.traceconsole] ; traceconsole here is just a name
MODE = console ; this is the output that the traceconsole writes to
LEVEL = trace
EXPRESSION = ; putting a string here will restrict this logger to logging only those messages that match this expression
```
(It's worth noting that log messages that match the expression at or above debug
level will get logged twice so don't worry about that.)
`STACKTRACE_LEVEL` should generally be left unconfigured (and hence kept at
`none`). There are only very specific occasions when it useful.
## Empty Configuration
The empty configuration is equivalent to:
```ini
[log]

@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ func InstallPost(ctx *context.Context, form auth.InstallForm) {
cfg.Section("database").Key("SSL_MODE").SetValue(setting.Database.SSLMode)
cfg.Section("database").Key("CHARSET").SetValue(setting.Database.Charset)
cfg.Section("database").Key("PATH").SetValue(setting.Database.Path)
cfg.Section("database").Key("LOG_SQL").SetValue("false") // LOG_SQL is rarely helpful
cfg.Section("").Key("APP_NAME").SetValue(form.AppName)
cfg.Section("repository").Key("ROOT").SetValue(form.RepoRootPath)
@ -330,9 +331,12 @@ func InstallPost(ctx *context.Context, form auth.InstallForm) {
cfg.Section("session").Key("PROVIDER").SetValue("file")
cfg.Section("log").Key("MODE").SetValue("file")
cfg.Section("log").Key("MODE").SetValue("console")
cfg.Section("log").Key("LEVEL").SetValue(setting.LogLevel)
cfg.Section("log").Key("ROOT_PATH").SetValue(form.LogRootPath)
cfg.Section("log").Key("REDIRECT_MACARON_LOG").SetValue("true")
cfg.Section("log").Key("MACARON").SetValue("console")
cfg.Section("log").Key("ROUTER").SetValue("console")
cfg.Section("security").Key("INSTALL_LOCK").SetValue("true")
var secretKey string

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