logLevel in Config

sysloglevel = DEBUG in config.ini

logs/README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Logging messages to disk or 'Syslog' to disk uses the python native logging func
 LogMessagesToFile = False
 # Logging of system messages to file, needed for reporting engine
 SyslogToFile = True
+# logging level for the bot (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)
+sysloglevel = DEBUG
 # Number of log files to keep in days, 0 to keep all
 log_backup_count = 32
 ```

modules/log.py

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
 from modules.settings import *
+# if LOGGING_LEVEL is not set in settings.py, default to DEBUG
+if not LOGGING_LEVEL:
+    LOGGING_LEVEL = "DEBUG"
+
+LOGGING_LEVEL = getattr(logging, LOGGING_LEVEL)
 
 class CustomFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     grey = '\x1b[38;21m'
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ class plainFormatter(logging.Formatter):
 
 # Create logger
 logger = logging.getLogger("MeshBot System Logger")
-logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+logger.setLevel(LOGGING_LEVEL)
 logger.propagate = False
 
 msgLogger = logging.getLogger("MeshBot Messages Logger")
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ today = datetime.now()
 # Create stdout handler for logging to the console
 stdout_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 # Set level for stdout handler (logs DEBUG level and above)
-stdout_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+stdout_handler.setLevel(LOGGING_LEVEL)
 # Set format for stdout handler
 stdout_handler.setFormatter(CustomFormatter(logFormat))
 # Add handlers to the logger
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ logger.addHandler(stdout_handler)
 if syslog_to_file:
     # Create file handler for logging to a file
     file_handler_sys = TimedRotatingFileHandler('logs/meshbot.log', when='midnight', backupCount=log_backup_count)
-    file_handler_sys.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) # DEBUG used by default for system logs to disk
+    file_handler_sys.setLevel(LOGGING_LEVEL) # DEBUG used by default for system logs to disk
     file_handler_sys.setFormatter(plainFormatter(logFormat))
     logger.addHandler(file_handler_sys)
 

modules/settings.py

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ try:
     log_messages_to_file = config['general'].getboolean('LogMessagesToFile', False) # default off
     log_backup_count = config['general'].getint('LogBackupCount', 32) # default 32 days
     syslog_to_file = config['general'].getboolean('SyslogToFile', True) # default on
+    LOGGING_LEVEL = config['general'].get('sysloglevel', 'DEBUG') # default DEBUG
     urlTimeoutSeconds = config['general'].getint('urlTimeout', 10) # default 10 seconds
     store_forward_enabled = config['general'].getboolean('StoreForward', True)
     storeFlimit = config['general'].getint('StoreLimit', 3) # default 3 messages for S&F
@@ -136,7 +137,6 @@ try:
     llm_enabled = config['general'].getboolean('ollama', False) # https://ollama.com
     llmModel = config['general'].get('ollamaModel', 'gemma2:2b') # default gemma2:2b
     ollamaHostName = config['general'].get('ollamaHostName', 'http://localhost:11434') # default localhost
-
     # emergency response
     emergency_responder_enabled = config['emergencyHandler'].getboolean('enabled', False)
     emergency_responder_alert_channel = config['emergencyHandler'].getint('alert_channel', 2) # default 2