linkedin / linkedin/dr-elephant
Dr. Elephant - change the location of the logs directory
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 1.4k
- Forks
- 839
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Is it possible to reconfigure Dr. Elephant so the logs are written under /var/log rather then to the default /usr/hdp/current/dr-elephant/logs location? Is creating a symbolic link enough?
`ln -s /usr/hdp/current/dr-elephant/logs /var/log/dr-elephant`
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by checking Dr. Elephant's documented logging configuration and how the deployment sets the logs directory. Determine whether the path can be changed directly or only relocated with a symbolic link, then document the supported approach.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100