Cloudnode log written to /var/log/messages
Paul Timms
2018-08-08
Is it possible to prevent the cloudnode log from being written to /var/log/messages on Linux? It makes it very difficult to find useful messages about the server.
Giuseppe L.
2018-08-09
Hello Paul,
thank you for reaching out to us with this question.
By default, we don't save the log in the path you indicated.
Apparently, there is a Linux setting on your server which overrides the default settings.

I suggest you check /etc/rsyslog.conf

Best Regards,
Giuseppe
HansaWorld Italy
Paul Timms
2018-08-13
Thanks Giuseppe, your information gave me enough of a clue to work out what was happening.


On Linux, I always use systemd to enable the cloudnode to run as a service, following Elar's original instructions:

"
[Unit]
Description=Standard ERP Cloud Node
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root

WorkingDirectory=
ExecStart=/hansa-cloudnode
KillMode=process
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl stop hansa-cloudnode.service
systemctl start hansa-cloudnode.service
"

I discovered that all systemd services write their log messages to /var/log/messages by default, so the cloudnode was writing both to hansa.log and to /var/log/messages. To prevent this, I added:

StandardOutput=null


to the [Service] section, then reloaded the daemon and restarted the service. This should probably be added to the original notes on how to set up the service.
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