Re: [HTCondor-users] Storing HTCondor user log files centrally

[Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/11/2012 4:02 AM, Matthew Forshaw wrote:
> I was wondering if it is possible to specify a central location where
> all HTCondor user logs are stored, in addition to the location specified
> in the users' submit files.
>
> 1. I would like this to happen automatically without users having to
> change their submit scripts.
> 2. I would like logs to be stored even if a log file location has not
> been specified inside the job description.
> 3. Ideally I would like these logs to be in ClassAd XML format but I
> should be able to parse the output regardless of format.

To achieve exactly the above across all users on a given schedd, add the 
following into the config file of your submit machine:

EVENT_LOG = /some/file/path
EVENT_LOG_USE_XML = True

(and then do a condor_reconfig of course)

There are some additional knobs related to this functionality, such as 
log rotation and the ability to log values of arbitrary job attributes. See:

http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/manual/v7.8/3_3Configuration.html#16728

regards,
Todd