The 'debuglogs' knowledge base page has way more info and examples on how to set logging use it instead of the ad-hoc examples. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- docs/logging.rst | 34 +++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/logging.rst b/docs/logging.rst index 204176c6f5..c7c14504ae 100644 --- a/docs/logging.rst +++ b/docs/logging.rst @@ -210,34 +210,6 @@ specific message ID values Examples -------- -For example setting up the following: - -:: - - export LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1 - export LIBVIRT_LOG_OUTPUTS="1:file:virsh.log" - -and then running virsh will accumulate the logs in the ``virsh.log`` file in a -way similar to: - -:: - - 14:29:04.771: debug : virInitialize:278 : register drivers - 14:29:04.771: debug : virRegisterDriver:618 : registering Test as driver 0 - -the messages are timestamped, there is also the level recorded, if debug the -name of the function is also printed and then the formatted message. This should -be sufficient to at least get a precise idea of what is happening and where -things are going wrong, allowing to then put the correct breakpoints when -running under a debugger. - -To activate full debug of the libvirt entry points, utility functions and the -QEMU/KVM driver, set: - -:: - - log_filters="1:libvirt 1:util 1:qemu" - log_outputs="1:file:/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log" - -in libvirtd.conf and restart the daemon will allow to gather a copious amount of -debugging traces for the operations done in those areas. +Examples with useful log settings along with more information on how to properly +configure logging for various situations can be found in the +`logging knowledge base article <kbase/debuglogs.html>`__. -- 2.35.1
