Logging

Crossbar.io has configurable logging systems, to make it’s log output easier to consume or nicer to look at.

Crossbar’s structured logging system is present in versions 0.11 and above, and a lot of these options will only work in these versions.

Formats

Crossbar.io has three log formats, specified by the --logformat switch.

• color: This is the default, and outputs colored logging messages. Example

• nocolor: This reduces the color output by Crossbar, and is suitable for redirecting to files. Example

• syslogd: This removes timestamps, and reduces the color. Example

Levels

Crossbar.io supports restricting the output to certain levels, specified by the --loglevel switch. These levels are:

• none: No output.

• critical: Critical or above.

• error: Error or above.

• warn: Warning or above.

• info: The default – Info or above.

• debug: Debug or above, and turn on the source location of the log events (what class/function generated them). Example

• trace: Trace or above. Some internal Crossbar.io components support trace logging, this is not yet extended to user components.

Logging to a file

By passing --logtofile to Crossbar.io, you can log to the location specified by --logdir. You may combine the --loglevel switches with --logtofile, but not --logformat (it is always in nocolor).

Adding logging to your components

If you want to integrate with Crossbar.io’s logging system, see Logging in Crossbar.io .