[asterisk-users] How to log into separate file

[Steve Edwards]

On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Pham Quy wrote:

> I want to have a separate file to log what i need for my dialplan 
> without all output from Asterisk. By this way, i can easily to trace 
> problems caused by my dialplan.

You can control how much and where Asterisk logs by fiddling with 
logger.conf. Personally, I like logging through syslog so I can configure 
all of my Asterisk hosts to send all of their logging to a central log 
host. I also use syslog() in my AGIs so everything is in the same place.

For production, I use:

         syslog.local0                   = error

When I'm debugging something, I'll crank up the volume like:

         syslog.local0                   = debug,dtmf,error,event,info,\
notice,verbose,warning

If this doesn't give you the level of logging you need, you could always 
call an AGI or do something really ugly like:

         exten = *,n,                    system(logger -t foo mumble)

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Thanks in advance,
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