Logger Configuration 

Loggers record the state of every monitor after each interval.

Loggers are defined in the main configuration file, which by default is monitor.ini. The section name is the name of your logger, which you should then add to the loggers configuration value.

Contents

Logger Configuration
- Common options
- Loggers

Common options 

These options are common to all logger types.

type

Type: string
Required: true

the type of the logger; one of those in the list below.

depend

Type: comma-separated list of string
Required: false
Default: none

a list of monitors this logger depends on. If any of them fail, no attempt will be made to log.

groups

Type: comma-separated list of string
Required: false
Default: default

list of monitor groups this logger should record. Use the special value _all to match all groups. See the group setting for monitors.

tz

Type: string
Required: false
Default: UTC

the timezone to convert date/times to

dateformat

Type: string
Required: false
Default: timestamp

the date format to write for log lines. (Note that the timezone is controlled by the tz configuration value.) Accepted values are:

timestamp (UNIX timestamp)
iso8601 (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)

heartbeat

Type: bool
Required: false
Default: false

if set, the logger only logs for monitors which executed on an iteration. Intended to be combined with the gap property of a Monitor.

Loggers 

Note

The type of the logger is the first word in its heading.

Logger Configuration

Common options

Loggers

Logger Configuration 

Common options 

Loggers 