[chef] Re: Re: "can't convert Logger::Syslog into String" when configuring syslog

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2014, Jeff Blaine wrote:

> On 12/8/2014 2:54 PM, William Jimenez wrote:
> > Hello
> > I'm trying to configure chef-client to log to syslog, as mentioned
> > here: https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/chef-client#configuration-includes,
> > however when I use that config I get the following error:
> >
> > [2014-12-08T19:43:54+00:00] FATAL: Failed to open or create log file at #
> > <Logger::Syslog:0x00000002ee6e50>: TypeError (can't convert
> > Logger::Syslog into String)
> > [2014-12-08T19:43:54+00:00] FATAL: Aborting due to invalid
> > 'log_location' configuration
> >
> > I'm wondering what environments this works on. I'm running chef
> > client 11.16.4.
>
> William, maybe try this:
>
> https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/chef-client_syslog
>
> My last comment at this epic blog post of mine is at the top:
>
> "UPDATE: THE FOLLOWING BLOG POST IS KEPT FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
> The solution at the end of the post no longer works and I give up
> chasing this elusive dream. Readers may want to look into this instead:
> https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/chef-client_syslog";

I tried Scott Hain's configuration, and it works on Chef Client 12:

  require 'syslog-logger'
  Chef::Log.use_log_devices( [ Logger::Syslog.new("chef-client", 
Syslog::LOG_LOCAL7) ] )

Put that in /etc/chef/client.rb (after installing the syslog-logger gem 
into Chef's Ruby).

- Julian

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