Logging

This document describes how to configure logging for Sauce Connect Proxy 5.

By default, Sauce Connect Proxy 5 logs messages to the console. Logging can be configured using the following options:

log-file: specify the log file
log-level: set the log level
log-http: log HTTP requests and responses

Log rotation

Logs are automatically rotated when running Sauce Connect Proxy 5 as a Linux Systemd service or in a Docker container. For other setups, use the logrotate utility.

note

The logrotate integration in Linux and macOS is available in Sauce Connect Proxy 5.1.2 and later.

Linux

When running as a Systemd service, logs are stored in /var/log/sauce-connect and rotated automatically.

For standalone runs, configure logrotate as follows:

Create a directory for log files:

First, create a directory for Sauce Connect log files or use existing one. The directory needs to be writable by the user running Sauce Connect.
```
mkdir -p /path/to/sauce-connect/logs
```

Adjust Sauce Connect configuration to write logs to the log file:

Command line:

sc run ... --log-file /path/to/sauce-connect/logs/sc.log

Configuration file:

log-file: /path/to/sauce-connect/logs/sc.log

Configure logrotate:

Create a logrotate configuration file /etc/logrotate.d/sauce-connect with the following content:
```
/path/to/sauce-connect/logs/sc.log {
    size 100M
    rotate 10
    compress
    maxage 30
    postrotate
        /usr/bin/killall -HUP sc
    endscript
}
```
This configuration rotates the log file when it reaches 100MB, keeps 10 rotated files, compresses rotated files, and deletes files older than 30 days. You can adjust these values to suit your needs.

For information on available logrotate config file options, check man logrotate.

You can test the configuration with the following command.
```
logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.d/sauce-connect
```

MacOS

Install logrotate:

First, ensure logrotate is installed via Homebrew.
```
brew install logrotate
```
Create a directory for log files:

Create a directory for log Sauce Connect files or use existing one. The directory needs to be writable by the user running Sauce Connect.
```
mkdir -p /path/to/sauce-connect/logs
```

Adjust Sauce Connect configuration to write logs to the log file:

Command line:

sc run ... --log-file /path/to/sauce-connect/logs/sc.log

Configuration file:

log-file: /path/to/sauce-connect/logs/sc.log

Configure logrotate:

Create logrotate configration directory.
```
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d
```
Create a logrotate configuration file /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/sauce-connect with the following content:
```
/path/to/sauce-connect/logs/sc.log {
    size 100M
    rotate 10
    compress
    maxage 30
    postrotate
        /usr/bin/killall -HUP sc
    endscript
}
```
This configuration rotates the log file when it reaches 100MB, keeps 10 rotated files, compresses rotated files, and deletes files older than 30 days. You can adjust these values to suit your needs.

For information on available logrotate config file options, check man logrotate.

You can test the configuration with the following command.
```
logrotate -d /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/sauce-connect
```

Create run logrotate script:

Create run_logrotate.sh script with the following content:

#!/bin/sh
/opt/homebrew/sbin/logrotate -s /opt/homebrew/var/run/logrotate.status /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/*

Set execute permissions for the script.

chmod 755 run_logrotate.sh

Set up periodic job:

The periodic utility runs scripts located in specific directories at daily, weekly, or monthly intervals. Place your script in /etc/periodic/daily for daily execution.
```
sudo cp run_logrotate.sh /etc/periodic/daily/500.logrotate
```
Manually run the script to test it.
```
sudo periodic daily
```
Check the logs or the logrotate results to ensure it is functioning as expected.

Windows

Open Terminal application to run the following commands.

Install Log-Rotate:

First, install logrotate compatible PowerShell module.
```
Install-Module -Name Log-Rotate -Scope CurrentUser
```
If log compression is required, install the 7zip utility.
```
winget install 7zip
```
Create a directory for log files:

Create a directory for Sauce Connect log files or use existing one.
```
mkdir -p c:\sauce-connect\logs
```
Adjust Sauce Connect configuration to write logs to the log file:

Command line:
```
sc run ... --log-file c:\sauce-connect\logs\sc.log
```
Configuration file:
```
log-file: c:\sauce-connect\logs\sc.log
```
Configure Log-Rotate:

Create Log-Rotate configration directory c:\Log-Rotate\.
```
mkdir c:\Log-Rotate
```
Create a logrotate configuration file c:\Log-Rotate\sauce-connect with the following content:
```
c:\sauce-connect\logs\sc.log {
    size 100M
    rotate 10
    compress
    maxage 30
    copy
    postrotate
        Clear-Content c:\sauce-connect\logs\sc.log
    endscript
}
```
This configuration rotates the log file when it reaches 100MB, keeps 10 rotated files, compresses rotated files, and deletes files older than 30 days. You can adjust these values to suit your needs.

For information on available logrotate config file options, check man logrotate. Not all options are supported by Log-Rotate PowerShell module. Check the Log-Rotate documentation for more information.

You can test the configuration with the following command.`
```
Log-Rotate -Config C:\LogRotate\sauce-connect -State C:\LogRotate\Log-Rotate.status -Verbose -WhatIf
```

Set up scheduled task:

Run the following PowerShell script to create a scheduled task to run the Log-Rotate command daily at 9 AM.

$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 9am
$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'PowerShell.exe' -Argument '-Command "Log-Rotate -Config C:\LogRotate\sauce-connect -State C:\LogRotate\Log-Rotate.status -Verbose"'
Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "SauceConnectLogRotate" -Trigger $trigger -Action $action -Description "Daily task rotate Sauce Connect logs"

Manually run the task to test it.

Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName "SauceConnectLogRotate"

Check the logs or the Log-Rotate results to ensure it is functioning as expected.

HTTP request logging

Sauce Connect Proxy 5 does not log HTTP requests and responses by default. To enable this, use the --log-http flag.

The following example logs request and response headers for proxied requests: Note: Proxied request logging works only with plain HTTP requests or HTTPS requests when TLS resigning is enabled.

Command line:

sc run ... --log-http proxy:headers

Configuration file:

log-http: proxy:headers

Syntax

The --log-http flag accepts a comma-separated list of [module]:[option] pairs. Module can be one of the following:

proxy: requests and responses from test jobs
api: requests received by the sc API server
control: requests sent to the Sauce Labs API

If [module]: is omitted, the option applies to all modules.

Available options are:

none: no logging
short-url: logs [scheme://]host[/path] instead of the full URL
url: logs the full URL including query parameters
headers: logs request line and headers
body: logs request line, headers, and body
errors: logs request line and headers if status code is greater than or equal to 500

Log rotation​

Linux​

MacOS​

Windows​

HTTP request logging​

Syntax​

Log rotation

Linux

MacOS

Windows

HTTP request logging

Syntax