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authorRuslan Babayev <ruslan@babayev.com>2020-02-14 17:45:02 -0800
committerRuslan Babayev <ruslan@babayev.com>2020-05-02 16:06:16 -0700
commite31820af10cfdea8baf941ee7df676db92d5b1bb (patch)
tree8a805e4f0c865b262709e93fca372f7f3b7822f5 /docs/gettingstarted/users/configuring
parent24b417c481bb2f33d80e8016f871df8ce62ab0bb (diff)
vlib: add nosyslog unix option
The "nosyslog" option disables syslog just like the "interactive" mode but can be used together with "nodaemon". This is useful for when VPP is running under a process supervisor like runit or daemontools that pipe the stdout/stderr to a dedicated logger service. Type: feature Change-Id: Ic4287338d6836fea9f3eabdcf960dc1f51875dd1 Signed-off-by: Ruslan Babayev <ruslan@babayev.com>
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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/users/configuring/startup.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/users/configuring/startup.rst
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@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ applications from a process monitor. Set by default in the default
nodaemon
+nosyslog
+^^^^^^^^
+
+Disable syslog and log errors to stderr instead. Typical when invoking
+VPP applications from a process monitor like runit or daemontools that
+pipe service's output to a dedicated log service, which will typically
+attach a timestamp and rotate the logs as necessary.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ nosyslog
+
interactive
^^^^^^^^^^^