2.0.0 • Published 2 years ago

log4js-stackdriver-appender v2.0.0

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License
Apache-2.0
Repository
github
Last release
2 years ago

log4js-stackdriver-appender

a log4js appender for use with the stackdriver on google cloud.

to allow access to google cloud logging please follow setup and access permission on google cloud documentation. You can use Application Default Credentials (ADC) or supply credential in config.

if your code is running on Google Cloud then make sure the proper scopes is setup.

if you running on you local dev server , use gcloud cli to authorize.

By default all logging will be done to file syslog in the "Global" logging section.

If you want you can specify a resource which the log will be written to.

quick usage

var config ={
    appenders: {
        google: {
            type:  'log4js-stackdriver-appender',
            resource: {
                type: "container",
                labels: {
                    cluster_name: 'local-dev',
                    pod_id: process.env["HOSTNAME"],
                    container_name: ''
                }
            },
            logFileName: 'syslog',
            layout: {
                type: 'basic'
            }
        }
    },
    categories: {
        default: {
            appenders: ['google'],
            level:'DEBUG'
        }
    }
};

var log4js = require('log4js');
log4js.configure(config);
var logger = log4js.getLogger('local');
logger.debug('somthing');

if you are running from local/not on GCP you can supply credentials in the config for connecting to your GCP

var config ={
    appenders:{
        google:{
            type: 'log4js-stackdriver-appender',
            credentials:{
                projectId: 'your-project-id',
                keyFilename: '/path/to/key.json'
            }
        }
    }
}

install

npm install log4js-stackdriver-appender --save