logger_settings.rst

title:	Customizing logger
description:	Learn how to tune custom Deis settings.

Customizing logger

The following settings are tunable for the :ref:`logger` component.

Dependencies

Requires: none

Required by: :ref:`controller <controller_settings>`

Considerations: none

Settings set by logger

The following etcd keys are set by the database component, typically in its /bin/boot script.

setting	description
/deis/logs/host	IP address of the host running logger
/deis/logs/port	port used by the logger service (default: 514)

Settings used by logger

The logger component uses no keys from etcd.

Using a custom logger image

Note

Instead of using a custom logger image, it is possible to redirect Deis logs to an external location. For more details, see :ref:`platform_logging`.

You can use a custom Docker image for the logger component instead of the image supplied with Deis:

$ deisctl config logger set image=myaccount/myimage:latest

This will pull the image from the public Docker registry. You can also pull from a private registry:

$ deisctl config logger set image=registry.mydomain.org:5000/myaccount/myimage:latest

Be sure that your custom image functions in the same way as the stock logger image shipped with Deis. Specifically, ensure that it sets and reads appropriate etcd keys.