kdxu / loggix

A log implementation library for Elixir.

Loggix

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• Loggix is a custom Logger Backend with easy configuration.

using GenEvent.

Concept

• Configuration of log rotation
• JSON, Logfmt or whatever module implements an encoding function which accepts a Map as input
• Metadata filter

Installation

If available in Hex, the package can be installed by adding loggix to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:loggix, "~> 0.0.8"}]
end

Documentation can be generated with ExDoc and published on HexDocs. Once published, the docs can be found at https://hexdocs.pm/loggix.

Configration

To configure loggix as app logger backend, set environments into config/config.exs.

config :logger,
  backends: [{Loggix, :error_log}]
config :logger, :error_log,
  path: "var/log/error_log",
  level: :error,
  encoder: {Poison, :encode!},
  metadata: [:user_id, :is_auth],
  rotate: %{max_bytes: 4096, keep: 6},
  metadata_filter: [:is_app]

• path : String - the path for a log file
• level : Logger.Level - the logging level for backend
• format : String - the log format
• metadata : [atom] - the metadata to include
• rotate: map(max_bytes, is_auth) : configuration of log rotation
• metadata_filter: configuration of filtering log