Logging

The log output from each component of the OpenTalk Controller can be configured, allowing administrators to control the verbosity and granularity of log messages.

Configuration

The section in the configuration file is called logging. The examples here will only cover the log output of the controller. The rest of the fields of the logging section are related to the tracing configuration. See tracing for more information.

Field	Type	Required	Default value	Description
`default_directives`	`string[]`	no	`["ERROR","opentalk=INFO","pinky_swear=OFF","rustls=WARN","mio=ERROR","lapin=WARN",]`	The global log level as well as a list of components and their log level

One of the values in the list of the default_directives can be the global log level, being either OFF, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG or TRACE. The global log level affects all components that don't have a specific log level configured. The default global log level is ERROR.

The other values in the default_directives list should be key-value pairs with the key being the component and the value being the log level.

To change the default values (["ERROR","opentalk=INFO","pinky_swear=OFF","rustls=WARN","mio=ERROR","lapin=WARN",]) of the default_directives, each component must be explicitly overwritten in the config.toml, otherwise the default values persist alongside the other configured directives.

`RUST_LOG` environment variable

The log level of the controller can also be configured with the RUST_LOG environment variable. The variable follows the same pattern as the default_directives field. Any manually set values for the default_directives will still be applied alongside the RUST_LOG values. However, in case of a conflict, the values from the RUST_LOG are prioritized higher than the default_directives from the config.toml.

For example, the following command would overwrite any log level values for the opentalk component if they were set in the config.toml:

RUST_LOG=opentalk=DEBUG cargo run

Examples

Set the global log level to `WARN`

[logging]
default_directives = [
  "WARN",
]

Very verbose logging for the Janus client

[logging]
default_directives = [
  "janus_client=TRACE",
]

Default Setup

[logging]
default_directives = [
  "ERROR",
  "opentalk=INFO",
  "pinky_swear=OFF",
  "rustls=WARN",
  "mio=ERROR",
  "lapin=WARN",
]

Logging

Configuration​

RUST_LOG environment variable​

Examples​

Set the global log level to WARN​

Very verbose logging for the Janus client​

Default Setup​