note to self: verify problem exists before trying to fix it bridge from [Logging] to journalctl already exists, obviating rsyslog: (venv) graham@burner:~/data$ ls -l /dev/log lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Aug 4 17:19 /dev/log -> /run/systemd/journal/dev-log ⊣GE⊢
> On 5 Aug 2023, at 2:43 am, Paul R Anderson <p...@pauland.net> wrote: > > Not sure I understand the extra work needed to get logging with WeeWx V5 > under Bookworm to work as you want. I have been running the alpha versions, > then the beta versions of V5 under Bookworm for several months, starting > before Bookworm was released. Using the pip-install of WeeWX under Bookworm > systemd journalctl logging has been working fine with no special work on my > part to logging as far as modifying handlers and such. I am able to use: > journalctl -f -u weewx > to follow the logging as you would with tail -f /var/log/weewx.log > Similar to your journalct query but using the -u --unit=UNIT option rather > than the -t --identifier=STRING > Added alias f="journalctl -f -u " to my .bashrc so I can start weewx and > follow the log: > sudo systemctl start weewx;f weewx > Also ran a bash script daily that captures info on WeeWx and use a query > like this to get yesterday's info in what i'm interested in > ERRORS="journalctl -q -u weewx.service --since yesterday --until today -g > 'ERROR' " > thanks > Paul > > > > On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 11:50 AM Graham Eddy <g...@geddy.au > <mailto:g...@geddy.au>> wrote: >> i have been playing with debian bookworm, where rsyslog is no longer in the >> core and has to be installed (if you use it). i would describe that as a >> ’new’ dependency for weewx under debian >> >> the weewx 5.0 re-packaging looks awesome - i have now tried pip-installing >> it under bookworm >> >> i have also been playing with systemd journalctl, which is now core to >> debian bookworm. i know there are systemd haters, but there it is. so for >> those users who will want to use the standard operational environment, we >> need a bridge from weewx [Logging] into journalctl, given rsyslog will >> continue to be the logging engine within weewx >> >> there is class systemd.journal.JournalHandler that can be used under >> [Logging]. it is an external module, not (yet?) part of the logging.handlers >> module. i tried to pip a couple of pypy modules (systemd and systems-python) >> but both have install issues. so i have tried apt install python3-systemd, >> updated env/pyenv.cfg to include external packages, then updated weewx.conf >> as follows: >> copied all the [Logging] section from defaults into weewx.conf >> change [[root]] handlers = systemd, >> add [[handlers]] [[[systemd]]] >> level = DEBUG >> formatter = verbose >> class = systemd.journal.JournalHandler >> SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER = weewx >> i had to add the SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER because the JournalHandler defaults to >> using the whole path of weewxd as the logging ident not just the basename >> >> then journalctl can be run as usual, using -t to select just weewx entries >> e.g. journalctl -t weewx -f is equiv to tail -f /var/log/weewx.log. >> cheers >> ⊣GE⊢ >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-development" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to weewx-development+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:weewx-development+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/9A2E99D1-0665-4B18-B215-4911050396B9%40geddy.au >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/9A2E99D1-0665-4B18-B215-4911050396B9%40geddy.au?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-development+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:weewx-development+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/CAOAVAede6wUFUP%2BTkTXLiN6z_TPUBzzzweWkheMnkEkqrLmrpQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/CAOAVAede6wUFUP%2BTkTXLiN6z_TPUBzzzweWkheMnkEkqrLmrpQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-development+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/82CD2483-69F5-46F6-820D-9F69D6E8DC14%40geddy.au.
