Add a --logdir flag that will be prepended to the logfile setting. This makes it easier to share a flagfile between multiple workers while still having separate log files.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/nova/server.py b/nova/server.py
index cb424caa1..4d0f6e4da 100644
--- a/nova/server.py
+++ b/nova/server.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ flags.DEFINE_bool('daemonize', False, 'daemonize this process')
 #              clutter.
 flags.DEFINE_bool('use_syslog', True, 'output to syslog when daemonizing')
 flags.DEFINE_string('logfile', None, 'log file to output to')
+flags.DEFINE_string('logdir',  None, 'directory to keep log files in (will be prepended to $logfile)')
 flags.DEFINE_string('pidfile', None, 'pid file to output to')
 flags.DEFINE_string('working_directory', './', 'working directory...')
 flags.DEFINE_integer('uid', os.getuid(), 'uid under which to run')
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ def daemonize(args, name, main):
         else:
             if not FLAGS.logfile:
                 FLAGS.logfile = '%s.log' % name
+            if FLAGS.logdir:
+                FLAGS.logfile = os.path.join(FLAGS.logdir, FLAGS.logfile)
             logfile = logging.FileHandler(FLAGS.logfile)
             logfile.setFormatter(formatter)
             logger.addHandler(logfile)