fix: update syslog format for Datadog parsing - #210
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- Restore timestamp to start of log message to help with parsing and multi-line logs. - Move log level immediately after timestamp to see if Datadog can better parse the log status.
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Pull request overview
Updates the Open edX Docker production logging formatter so stdout log lines include a leading timestamp and place the log level immediately after it, aiming to improve Datadog parsing and multiline log grouping.
Changes:
- Prepend
%(asctime)sto the customsyslog_format. - Move
%(levelname)sto immediately follow the timestamp (before logger name), both with and withoutddtracepresent.
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See https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/blob/f46ba85dc19ad280088dc3697e02140a3bc9bc7a/openedx/core/lib/logsettings.py#L191 for original docker-based format.