adding support for logger handling which allows for saving the requests to a logfile, useful for production systems

Author: lirantal

config/env/all.js

@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ module.exports = {
 	sessionCollection: 'sessions',
 	log: {
 		// Can specify one of 'combined', 'common', 'dev', 'short', 'tiny'
-		format: 'combined'
+		format: 'combined',
+		// Stream defaults to process.stdout
+		// Uncomment to enable logging to a log on the file system
+		options: {
+			stream: 'access.log'
+		}
 	},
 	assets: {
 		lib: {

config/env/development.js

@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ module.exports = {
 	db: 'mongodb://localhost/mean-dev',
 	log: {
 		// Can specify one of 'combined', 'common', 'dev', 'short', 'tiny'
-		format: 'dev'
+		format: 'dev',
+		// Stream defaults to process.stdout
+		// Uncomment to enable logging to a log on the file system
+		options: {
+			//stream: 'access.log'
+		}
 	},
 	app: {
 		title: 'MEAN.JS - Development Environment'

config/env/production.js

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 module.exports = {
 	db: process.env.MONGOHQ_URL || process.env.MONGOLAB_URI || 'mongodb://' + (process.env.DB_1_PORT_27017_TCP_ADDR || 'localhost') + '/mean',
+	log: {
+		// Can specify one of 'combined', 'common', 'dev', 'short', 'tiny'
+		format: 'combined',
+		// Stream defaults to process.stdout
+		// Uncomment to enable logging to a log on the file system
+		options: {
+			stream: 'access.log'
+		}
+	},
 	assets: {
 		lib: {
 			css: [

config/env/secure.js

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 module.exports = {
 	port: 443,
 	db: process.env.MONGOHQ_URL || process.env.MONGOLAB_URI || 'mongodb://localhost/mean',
+	log: {
+		// Can specify one of 'combined', 'common', 'dev', 'short', 'tiny'
+		format: 'combined',
+		// Stream defaults to process.stdout
+		// Uncomment to enable logging to a log on the file system
+		options: {
+			stream: 'access.log'
+		}
+	},
 	assets: {
 		lib: {
 			css: [

config/env/test.js

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 module.exports = {
 	db: 'mongodb://localhost/mean-test',
 	port: 3001,
+	log: {
+		// Can specify one of 'combined', 'common', 'dev', 'short', 'tiny'
+		format: 'dev',
+		// Stream defaults to process.stdout
+		// Uncomment to enable logging to a log on the file system
+		options: {
+			//stream: 'access.log'
+		}
+	},
 	app: {
 		title: 'MEAN.JS - Test Environment'
 	},

config/express.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	https = require('https'),
 	express = require('express'),
 	morgan = require('morgan'),
+	logger = require('./logger'),
 	bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
 	session = require('express-session'),
 	compress = require('compression'),
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ module.exports = function(db) {
 	app.set('views', './app/views');
 
 	// Enable logger (morgan)
-	app.use(morgan(config.log.format));
+	app.use(morgan(logger.getLogFormat(), logger.getLogOptions()));
 
 	// Environment dependent middleware
 	if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {