On 06/07/2012 10:08 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: > Paolo Smiraglia wrote: >> I wrote a library that implement some security features for logging. In >> a few words, the library generates a log files where all log entries are >> linked through an hash chain. In this way it's possible to verify the >> integrity of the log files. Now, I would to integrate functionalities >> provided by my library in the OpenStack logging system. >> >> From a rapid view of python logging module, I saw that its possible to >> define custom logging handlers. My idea is to define a new handler as follow >> >> class SecureLogHandler(logging.Handler) >> >> and to include it in the log module of OpenStack. >> >> Is this a good approach? > > Making it optional (keeping the ability to run the old one) could be a plus.
Sure, I had already planned to make this new handler optional (using a flag to enable/disable it). >> There are some directives that I must follow (code styling, method >> definition, ...)? > > Code style is defined in http://wiki.openstack.org/CodingStandards and > in the HACKING.rst file in project repositories. > > Generally speaking, you should read > http://wiki.openstack.org/HowToContribute as a starting point, and get > familiar with our development cycle at > http://wiki.openstack.org/ReleaseCycle. You should probably create a > blueprint (see http://wiki.openstack.org/Blueprints) so that we can > properly track this feature. > > Cheers! > Many thanks for the tips! :-) Bests... -- PAOLO SMIRAGLIA Department of Control and Computer Engineering Polytechnic University of Turin Email: paolo.smirag...@polito.it
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