Logging With syslog

Beginning with LifeKeeper 8.0, logging is done through the standard syslog facility. LifeKeeper supports three syslog implementations: standard syslog, rsyslog, and syslog-ng. During package installation, syslog will be configured to use the "local6" facility for all LifeKeeper log messages. The syslog configuration file (for example, /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf) will be modified to include LifeKeeper-specific routing sending all LifeKeeper log messages to /var/log/lifekeeper.log. (The original configuration file will be backed up with the same name ending in "~".)

Important: DO NOT edit LifeKeeper unique setups manually, or, upgrading or uninstalling may not function correctly.

The facility can be changed after installation by using the lklogconfig tool located in /opt/LifeKeeper/bin. For example, changing the facility to local5, run the following command instead.

lkstop -f
lklogconfig --action=update --facility=local5
lkstart


See the lklogconfig(8) manpage on a system with LifeKeeper installed for more details on this tool.

If a generic resource script puts a message into /opt/LifeKeeper/out/log directly, LifeKeeper will send a log message with the error severity level as the default into /var/log/lifekeeper.log. The severity level can be changed to information level by adding the following parameter into /etc/default/LifeKeeper, LOGMGR_LOGLEVEL=LK_INFO.

Note: When LifeKeeper is removed from a server, the LifeKeeper-specific syslog configuration will be removed.

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