Logging Services
Ruby on Rails applications, their associated application servers, and most of the supporting services used in a complete web application generate run-time information about their state and general operation. Log management is the task of collecting this information, maintaining it, and using it for diagnostics and analysis.
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Logging in Ruby on Rails
Brief intro to Ruby on Rails logging, and how to switch from the default logger to log4r.
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Maintainable Software: Rails Logging Tips
Ruby on Rails comes prewired for logging using Logger from the Ruby Standard Library. This article demonstrates how to use the Rails logger, how to create your own logs, and offers some tips for debugging with console logging
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Rotating Rails Log Files
How to use logrotate to automatically rotate your Rails log files.
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Documentation (1)
- Log4r - Manual
Log4r is a comprehensive and flexible logging library written in Ruby for use in Ruby programs. It features a hierarchical logging system of any number of levels, custom level names, logger inheritance, multiple output destinations, execution tracing, custom formatting, thread safteyness, XML and YAML configuration, and more.
Screencasts (1)
- Railscasts - Filtering Sensitive Logs
Are you accepting sensitive user data? Passwords, credit card numbers, etc. By default, Rails stores all submitted parameters in plain text in the logs. This episode will show you how to filter this sensitive input so it doesn’t show up in the log file.
Software (1)
- Rails Analyzer
Doesn’t appear to have been updated in a while, but still lots of logging/analysis tools to check out.
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