Manage log destination explicitly

base/config.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ConnectTimeout int     `yaml:"connect-timeout"`
 	IdleTimeout    float64 `yaml:"idle-timeout"`
 	ActiveTimeout  float64 `yaml:"active-timeout"`
+	LogDestination string  `yaml:"log-destination"`
 	LogFile        string  `yaml:"log-file"`
 	PidFile        string  `yaml:"pid-file"`
 	SyslogIdent    string  `yaml:"syslog-ident"`

cmd/pgterminate/main.go

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.IntVar(&config.ConnectTimeout, "connect-timeout", 3, "Connection timeout in seconds")
 	flag.Float64Var(&config.IdleTimeout, "idle-timeout", 0, "Time for idle connections to be terminated in seconds")
 	flag.Float64Var(&config.ActiveTimeout, "active-timeout", 0, "Time for active connections to be terminated in seconds")
+	flag.StringVar(&config.LogDestination, "log-destination", "console", "Log destination between 'console', 'syslog' or 'file'")
 	flag.StringVar(&config.LogFile, "log-file", "", "Write logs to a file")
 	flag.StringVar(&config.PidFile, "pid-file", "", "Write process id into a file")
 	flag.StringVar(&config.SyslogIdent, "syslog-ident", "pgterminate", "Define syslog tag")
@@ -66,7 +67,11 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalln("Parameter -active-timeout or -idle-timeout required")
 	}
 
-	if config.SyslogFacility != "" {
+	if config.LogDestination != "console" && config.LogDestination != "file" && config.LogDestination != "syslog" {
+		log.Fatalln("Log destination must be 'console', 'file' or 'syslog'")
+	}
+
+	if config.LogDestination == "syslog" && config.SyslogFacility != "" {
 		matched, err := regexp.MatchString("^LOCAL[0-7]$", config.SyslogFacility)
 		base.Panic(err)
 		if !matched {

config.yaml.example

@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ idle-timeout: 300
 active-timeout: 10
 log-file: /var/log/pgterminate/pgterminate.log
 pid-file: /var/run/pgterminate/pgterminate.pid
+#log-destination: console|file|syslog
 #syslog-ident: pgterminate
 #syslog-facility: LOCAL0

notifier/notifier.go

@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ type Notifier interface {
 	Reload()
 }
 
-// NewNotifier looks into Config to create a File or Console notifier and pass it
+// NewNotifier looks into Config to create a Console, File or Syslog notifier and pass it
 // the session channel for consuming sessions structs sent by terminator
 func NewNotifier(ctx *base.Context) Notifier {
-	if ctx.Config.LogFile != "" {
+	switch ctx.Config.LogDestination {
+	case "file":
 		return NewFile(ctx.Config.LogFile, ctx.Sessions)
-	}
+	case "syslog":
-	if ctx.Config.SyslogFacility != "" {
 		return NewSyslog(ctx.Config.SyslogFacility, ctx.Config.SyslogIdent, ctx.Sessions)
+	default: // console
+		return NewConsole(ctx.Sessions)
 	}
-	return NewConsole(ctx.Sessions)
 }