contrib/systemd: add a sample systemd unit file and a logger configuration

The added logger configuration (--log-config or log_config:) uses
systemd's python bindings to pass messages directly to the journal.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Shapovalov <intelfx100@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/systemd/log_config.yaml b/contrib/systemd/log_config.yaml
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+version: 1
+
+# In systemd's journal, loglevel is implicitly stored, so let's omit it
+# from the message text.
+formatters:
+    journal_fmt:
+        format: '%(name)s: [%(request)s] %(message)s'
+
+filters:
+    context:
+        (): synapse.util.logcontext.LoggingContextFilter
+        request: ""
+
+handlers:
+    journal:
+        class: systemd.journal.JournalHandler
+        formatter: journal_fmt
+        filters: [context]
+        SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: synapse
+
+root:
+    level: INFO
+    handlers: [journal]