Openstack Instance syslog

Question

I need to get the syslog of the instances created by openstack. I am able to get console log but I need the syslog of the instance. Could you please help me?

Answer 1

the usual location to find syslogs is /var/log/syslog. if you don't find it, you can configure each component to log to a different syslog facility.

nova.conf:

use_syslog=True
syslog_log_facility=LOG_LOCAL0
use_syslog=True
syslog_log_facility=LOG_LOCAL0
use_syslog=True
syslog_log_facility=LOG_LOCAL0
use_syslog=True
syslog_log_facility=LOG_LOCAL0

glance-api.conf and glance-registry.conf:

use_syslog=True
syslog_log_facility=LOG_LOCAL1

cinder.conf:

use_syslog=True
syslog_log_facility=LOG_LOCAL2

keystone.conf:

use_syslog=True
syslog_log_facility=LOG_LOCAL3

By default, Object Storage logs to syslog.