How to Change the Default Log Folder Path?

Question

How to change the default log folder path?

Environment

Container platform: Docker

Answer

During the initial setup of the Hybrid Deployment Agent, the log folder path defaults to $HOME/fivetran/logs. The agent uses this path to create a mount volume on the host for persisting agent and job logs.

To mount a different log folder, follow the steps for your installation method:

Automated installation

1. Open the hdagent.sh script.
2. Update the LOGDIR variable to match your custom host log directory:

   LOGDIR=<custom_log_dir>
   

3. In the docker run command, change:

   -v $BASE_DIR/logs:/logs
   

   to:

   -v <custom_log_dir>:/logs
   

Manual installation

In your docker run command, change:

-v $HOME/fivetran/logs:/logs

to:

-v <custom_log_dir>:/logs

For reference, the relevant section of the full docker run command looks like this:

docker run \
  -d \
  --restart "on-failure:3" \
  --pull "always" \
  --security-opt label=disable \
  --label fivetran=ldp \
  --label ldp_process_id=default-controller-process-id \
  --label ldp_controller_id=$CONTROLLER_ID \
  --name controller \
  --network fivetran_ldp \
  --env HOST_USER_HOME_DIR=$HOME \
  --env CONTAINER_ENV_TYPE="docker" \
  -v $HOME/fivetran/conf:/conf \
  -v <custom_log_dir>:/logs \
  -v $SOCKET:/var/run/docker.sock \
  us-docker.pkg.dev/prod-eng-fivetran-ldp/public-docker-us/ldp-agent:production -f /conf/config.json