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Toaster: Write logs to BUILDDIR/toaster_logs

Message ID 20231027003630.1433324-1-alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com
State New
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Series Toaster: Write logs to BUILDDIR/toaster_logs | expand

Commit Message

Alassane Yattara Oct. 27, 2023, 12:36 a.m. UTC
Fixes "2efb14648 toaster: Monitoring - implement Django logging system" when
running in a container.

When running in a container, the previous approach of using BASE_DIR
is not a writable path. Also, we really do not want to be writing logs into
the source tree, as the BASE_DIR was resolving to bitbake/lib/toaster/logs

Since Toaster is only ever running in an environment where oe-init-buildenv
or similar has been sourced, we should instead write the logs to BUILDDIR.

Using BUILDDIR to logs make path writable but django-log-viewer does'nt manage
to write logs using an absolute path as BUILDDIR, where the existing toaster_ui.log
was already being written.

Also drop the /logs/ directory, as it has not been created which also breaks
in a container environment

To handle the constraints linked to django-log-viewer and /logs/, we've updated
bitbake/bin/toaster to create a toaster_logs/ directory in BUILDDIR if it doesn't exist,
when toaster starts up.

Also manage to set BUILDDIR/toaster_logs/ as default location for toaster logs.

Signed-off-by: Alassane Yattara <alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
---
 bin/toaster                         | 12 ++++++++++--
 lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py     | 10 +++++-----
 lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Comments

Tim Orling Oct. 27, 2023, 2:28 a.m. UTC | #1
Tested in both local and container environments.

On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM Alassane Yattara <
alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com> wrote:

> Fixes "2efb14648 toaster: Monitoring - implement Django logging system"
> when
> running in a container.
>
> When running in a container, the previous approach of using BASE_DIR
> is not a writable path. Also, we really do not want to be writing logs into
> the source tree, as the BASE_DIR was resolving to bitbake/lib/toaster/logs
>
> Since Toaster is only ever running in an environment where oe-init-buildenv
> or similar has been sourced, we should instead write the logs to BUILDDIR.
>
> Using BUILDDIR to logs make path writable but django-log-viewer does'nt
> manage
> to write logs using an absolute path as BUILDDIR, where the existing
> toaster_ui.log
> was already being written.
>
> Also drop the /logs/ directory, as it has not been created which also
> breaks
> in a container environment
>
> To handle the constraints linked to django-log-viewer and /logs/, we've
> updated
> bitbake/bin/toaster to create a toaster_logs/ directory in BUILDDIR if it
> doesn't exist,
> when toaster starts up.
>
> Also manage to set BUILDDIR/toaster_logs/ as default location for toaster
> logs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alassane Yattara <alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
>
Tested-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>

> ---
>  bin/toaster                         | 12 ++++++++++--
>  lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py     | 10 +++++-----
>  lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py |  4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/bin/toaster b/bin/toaster
> index 558a8195..f002c8c1 100755
> --- a/bin/toaster
> +++ b/bin/toaster
> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ webserverStartAll()
>      echo "Starting webserver..."
>
>      $MANAGE runserver --noreload "$ADDR_PORT" \
> -           </dev/null >>${BUILDDIR}/toaster_web.log 2>&1 \
> +           </dev/null >>${TOASTER_LOGS_DIR}/web.log 2>&1 \
>             & echo $! >${BUILDDIR}/.toastermain.pid
>
>      sleep 1
> @@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ WEBSERVER=1
>  export TOASTER_BUILDSERVER=1
>  ADDR_PORT="localhost:8000"
>  TOASTERDIR=`dirname $BUILDDIR`
> +# ${BUILDDIR}/toaster_logs/ became the default location for toaster logs
> +# This is needed for implemented django-log-viewer:
> https://pypi.org/project/django-log-viewer/
> +# If the directory does not exist, create it.
> +TOASTER_LOGS_DIR="${BUILDDIR}/toaster_logs/"
> +if [ ! -d $TOASTER_LOGS_DIR ]
> +then
> +    mkdir $TOASTER_LOGS_DIR
> +fi
>  unset CMD
>  for param in $*; do
>      case $param in
> @@ -299,7 +307,7 @@ case $CMD in
>          export BITBAKE_UI='toasterui'
>          if [ $TOASTER_BUILDSERVER -eq 1 ] ; then
>              $MANAGE runbuilds \
> -               </dev/null >>${BUILDDIR}/toaster_runbuilds.log 2>&1 \
> +               </dev/null >>${TOASTER_LOGS_DIR}/toaster_runbuilds.log
> 2>&1 \
>                 & echo $! >${BUILDDIR}/.runbuilds.pid
>          else
>              echo "Toaster build server not started."
> diff --git a/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
> b/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
> index b4910e44..62d87196 100644
> --- a/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
> +++ b/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
> @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
>  #!/usr/bin/env python3
>  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>
> +import os
>  import logging
>  import json
>  from pathlib import Path
>  from django.http import HttpRequest
>
> -BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
> -
> +BUILDDIR = Path(os.environ.get('BUILDDIR', '/tmp'))
>
>  def log_api_request(request, response, view, logger_name='api'):
>      """Helper function for LogAPIMixin"""
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
>          'file_django': {
>              'level': 'INFO',
>              'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
> -            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/django.log',
> +            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/django.log',
>              'when': 'D',  # interval type
>              'interval': 1,  # defaults to 1
>              'backupCount': 10,  # how many files to keep
> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
>          'file_api': {
>              'level': 'INFO',
>              'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
> -            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/api.log',
> +            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/api.log',
>              'when': 'D',
>              'interval': 1,
>              'backupCount': 10,
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
>          'file_toaster': {
>              'level': 'INFO',
>              'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
> -            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/toaster.log',
> +            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/web.log',
>              'when': 'D',
>              'interval': 1,
>              'backupCount': 10,
> diff --git a/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
> b/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
> index b083cf58..5de881c4 100644
> --- a/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
> +++ b/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
> @@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ for t in os.walk(os.path.dirname(currentdir)):
>  LOGGING = LOGGING_SETTINGS
>
>  # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
> -BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
> +BUILDDIR = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR", "/tmp")
>
>  # LOG VIEWER
>  # https://pypi.org/project/django-log-viewer/
>  LOG_VIEWER_FILES_PATTERN = '*.log*'
> -LOG_VIEWER_FILES_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'logs')
> +LOG_VIEWER_FILES_DIR = os.path.join(BUILDDIR, "toaster_logs/")
>  LOG_VIEWER_PAGE_LENGTH = 25      # total log lines per-page
>  LOG_VIEWER_MAX_READ_LINES = 100000  # total log lines will be read
>  LOG_VIEWER_PATTERNS = ['INFO', 'DEBUG', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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Alassane Yattara Oct. 27, 2023, 2:32 a.m. UTC | #2
Tim,

Yes, tested locally and in container

----- Mail original -----
De: "Tim Orling" <ticotimo@gmail.com>
À: "Alassane Yattara" <alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com>
Cc: "toaster" <toaster@lists.yoctoproject.org>, "Tim Orling" <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
Envoyé: Vendredi 27 Octobre 2023 03:28:28
Objet: Re: [Toaster] [PATCH] Toaster: Write logs to BUILDDIR/toaster_logs

Tested in both local and container environments.

On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM Alassane Yattara <
alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com> wrote:

> Fixes "2efb14648 toaster: Monitoring - implement Django logging system"
> when
> running in a container.
>
> When running in a container, the previous approach of using BASE_DIR
> is not a writable path. Also, we really do not want to be writing logs into
> the source tree, as the BASE_DIR was resolving to bitbake/lib/toaster/logs
>
> Since Toaster is only ever running in an environment where oe-init-buildenv
> or similar has been sourced, we should instead write the logs to BUILDDIR.
>
> Using BUILDDIR to logs make path writable but django-log-viewer does'nt
> manage
> to write logs using an absolute path as BUILDDIR, where the existing
> toaster_ui.log
> was already being written.
>
> Also drop the /logs/ directory, as it has not been created which also
> breaks
> in a container environment
>
> To handle the constraints linked to django-log-viewer and /logs/, we've
> updated
> bitbake/bin/toaster to create a toaster_logs/ directory in BUILDDIR if it
> doesn't exist,
> when toaster starts up.
>
> Also manage to set BUILDDIR/toaster_logs/ as default location for toaster
> logs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alassane Yattara <alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
>
Tested-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>

> ---
>  bin/toaster                         | 12 ++++++++++--
>  lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py     | 10 +++++-----
>  lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py |  4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/bin/toaster b/bin/toaster
> index 558a8195..f002c8c1 100755
> --- a/bin/toaster
> +++ b/bin/toaster
> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ webserverStartAll()
>      echo "Starting webserver..."
>
>      $MANAGE runserver --noreload "$ADDR_PORT" \
> -           </dev/null >>${BUILDDIR}/toaster_web.log 2>&1 \
> +           </dev/null >>${TOASTER_LOGS_DIR}/web.log 2>&1 \
>             & echo $! >${BUILDDIR}/.toastermain.pid
>
>      sleep 1
> @@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ WEBSERVER=1
>  export TOASTER_BUILDSERVER=1
>  ADDR_PORT="localhost:8000"
>  TOASTERDIR=`dirname $BUILDDIR`
> +# ${BUILDDIR}/toaster_logs/ became the default location for toaster logs
> +# This is needed for implemented django-log-viewer:
> https://pypi.org/project/django-log-viewer/
> +# If the directory does not exist, create it.
> +TOASTER_LOGS_DIR="${BUILDDIR}/toaster_logs/"
> +if [ ! -d $TOASTER_LOGS_DIR ]
> +then
> +    mkdir $TOASTER_LOGS_DIR
> +fi
>  unset CMD
>  for param in $*; do
>      case $param in
> @@ -299,7 +307,7 @@ case $CMD in
>          export BITBAKE_UI='toasterui'
>          if [ $TOASTER_BUILDSERVER -eq 1 ] ; then
>              $MANAGE runbuilds \
> -               </dev/null >>${BUILDDIR}/toaster_runbuilds.log 2>&1 \
> +               </dev/null >>${TOASTER_LOGS_DIR}/toaster_runbuilds.log
> 2>&1 \
>                 & echo $! >${BUILDDIR}/.runbuilds.pid
>          else
>              echo "Toaster build server not started."
> diff --git a/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
> b/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
> index b4910e44..62d87196 100644
> --- a/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
> +++ b/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
> @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
>  #!/usr/bin/env python3
>  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>
> +import os
>  import logging
>  import json
>  from pathlib import Path
>  from django.http import HttpRequest
>
> -BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
> -
> +BUILDDIR = Path(os.environ.get('BUILDDIR', '/tmp'))
>
>  def log_api_request(request, response, view, logger_name='api'):
>      """Helper function for LogAPIMixin"""
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
>          'file_django': {
>              'level': 'INFO',
>              'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
> -            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/django.log',
> +            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/django.log',
>              'when': 'D',  # interval type
>              'interval': 1,  # defaults to 1
>              'backupCount': 10,  # how many files to keep
> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
>          'file_api': {
>              'level': 'INFO',
>              'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
> -            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/api.log',
> +            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/api.log',
>              'when': 'D',
>              'interval': 1,
>              'backupCount': 10,
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
>          'file_toaster': {
>              'level': 'INFO',
>              'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
> -            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/toaster.log',
> +            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/web.log',
>              'when': 'D',
>              'interval': 1,
>              'backupCount': 10,
> diff --git a/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
> b/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
> index b083cf58..5de881c4 100644
> --- a/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
> +++ b/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
> @@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ for t in os.walk(os.path.dirname(currentdir)):
>  LOGGING = LOGGING_SETTINGS
>
>  # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
> -BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
> +BUILDDIR = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR", "/tmp")
>
>  # LOG VIEWER
>  # https://pypi.org/project/django-log-viewer/
>  LOG_VIEWER_FILES_PATTERN = '*.log*'
> -LOG_VIEWER_FILES_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'logs')
> +LOG_VIEWER_FILES_DIR = os.path.join(BUILDDIR, "toaster_logs/")
>  LOG_VIEWER_PAGE_LENGTH = 25      # total log lines per-page
>  LOG_VIEWER_MAX_READ_LINES = 100000  # total log lines will be read
>  LOG_VIEWER_PATTERNS = ['INFO', 'DEBUG', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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Richard Purdie Oct. 27, 2023, 7:33 a.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, 2023-10-26 at 19:28 -0700, Tim Orling wrote:
> Tested in both local and container environments.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM Alassane Yattara
> <alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com> wrote:
> > Fixes "2efb14648 toaster: Monitoring - implement Django logging
> > system" when
> > running in a container.
> > 
> > When running in a container, the previous approach of using
> > BASE_DIR
> > is not a writable path. Also, we really do not want to be writing
> > logs into
> > the source tree, as the BASE_DIR was resolving to
> > bitbake/lib/toaster/logs
> > 
> > Since Toaster is only ever running in an environment where oe-init-
> > buildenv
> > or similar has been sourced, we should instead write the logs to
> > BUILDDIR.
> > 
> > Using BUILDDIR to logs make path writable but django-log-viewer
> > does'nt manage
> > to write logs using an absolute path as BUILDDIR, where the
> > existing toaster_ui.log
> > was already being written.
> > 
> > Also drop the /logs/ directory, as it has not been created which
> > also breaks
> > in a container environment
> > 
> > To handle the constraints linked to django-log-viewer and /logs/,
> > we've updated
> > bitbake/bin/toaster to create a toaster_logs/ directory in BUILDDIR
> > if it doesn't exist,
> > when toaster starts up.
> > 
> > Also manage to set BUILDDIR/toaster_logs/ as default location for
> > toaster logs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alassane Yattara
> > <alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
> > 
> 
> Tested-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com> 
> 

Thanks Tim and Alassane, I know that one was a pain to get to the
bottom of! I've merged it.

Cheers,

Richard
Tim Orling Oct. 28, 2023, 9:20 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:33 AM Richard Purdie <
richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2023-10-26 at 19:28 -0700, Tim Orling wrote:
> > Tested in both local and container environments.
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM Alassane Yattara
> > <alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com> wrote:
> > > Fixes "2efb14648 toaster: Monitoring - implement Django logging
> > > system" when
> > > running in a container.
> > >
> > > When running in a container, the previous approach of using
> > > BASE_DIR
> > > is not a writable path. Also, we really do not want to be writing
> > > logs into
> > > the source tree, as the BASE_DIR was resolving to
> > > bitbake/lib/toaster/logs
> > >
> > > Since Toaster is only ever running in an environment where oe-init-
> > > buildenv
> > > or similar has been sourced, we should instead write the logs to
> > > BUILDDIR.
> > >
> > > Using BUILDDIR to logs make path writable but django-log-viewer
> > > does'nt manage
> > > to write logs using an absolute path as BUILDDIR, where the
> > > existing toaster_ui.log
> > > was already being written.
> > >
> > > Also drop the /logs/ directory, as it has not been created which
> > > also breaks
> > > in a container environment
> > >
> > > To handle the constraints linked to django-log-viewer and /logs/,
> > > we've updated
> > > bitbake/bin/toaster to create a toaster_logs/ directory in BUILDDIR
> > > if it doesn't exist,
> > > when toaster starts up.
> > >
> > > Also manage to set BUILDDIR/toaster_logs/ as default location for
> > > toaster logs.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Alassane Yattara
> > > <alassane.yattara@savoirfairelinux.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
> > >
> >
> > Tested-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
> >
>
> Thanks Tim and Alassane, I know that one was a pain to get to the
> bottom of! I've merged it.
>

Thank you, RP. And Alassane.

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diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/bin/toaster b/bin/toaster
index 558a8195..f002c8c1 100755
--- a/bin/toaster
+++ b/bin/toaster
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@  webserverStartAll()
     echo "Starting webserver..."
 
     $MANAGE runserver --noreload "$ADDR_PORT" \
-           </dev/null >>${BUILDDIR}/toaster_web.log 2>&1 \
+           </dev/null >>${TOASTER_LOGS_DIR}/web.log 2>&1 \
            & echo $! >${BUILDDIR}/.toastermain.pid
 
     sleep 1
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@  WEBSERVER=1
 export TOASTER_BUILDSERVER=1
 ADDR_PORT="localhost:8000"
 TOASTERDIR=`dirname $BUILDDIR`
+# ${BUILDDIR}/toaster_logs/ became the default location for toaster logs
+# This is needed for implemented django-log-viewer: https://pypi.org/project/django-log-viewer/
+# If the directory does not exist, create it.
+TOASTER_LOGS_DIR="${BUILDDIR}/toaster_logs/"
+if [ ! -d $TOASTER_LOGS_DIR ]
+then
+    mkdir $TOASTER_LOGS_DIR
+fi
 unset CMD
 for param in $*; do
     case $param in
@@ -299,7 +307,7 @@  case $CMD in
         export BITBAKE_UI='toasterui'
         if [ $TOASTER_BUILDSERVER -eq 1 ] ; then
             $MANAGE runbuilds \
-               </dev/null >>${BUILDDIR}/toaster_runbuilds.log 2>&1 \
+               </dev/null >>${TOASTER_LOGS_DIR}/toaster_runbuilds.log 2>&1 \
                & echo $! >${BUILDDIR}/.runbuilds.pid
         else
             echo "Toaster build server not started."
diff --git a/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py b/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
index b4910e44..62d87196 100644
--- a/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
+++ b/lib/toaster/toastermain/logs.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ 
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import os
 import logging
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 
-BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
-
+BUILDDIR = Path(os.environ.get('BUILDDIR', '/tmp'))
 
 def log_api_request(request, response, view, logger_name='api'):
     """Helper function for LogAPIMixin"""
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@  LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
         'file_django': {
             'level': 'INFO',
             'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
-            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/django.log',
+            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/django.log',
             'when': 'D',  # interval type
             'interval': 1,  # defaults to 1
             'backupCount': 10,  # how many files to keep
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@  LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
         'file_api': {
             'level': 'INFO',
             'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
-            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/api.log',
+            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/api.log',
             'when': 'D',
             'interval': 1,
             'backupCount': 10,
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@  LOGGING_SETTINGS = {
         'file_toaster': {
             'level': 'INFO',
             'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
-            'filename': BASE_DIR / 'logs/toaster.log',
+            'filename': BUILDDIR / 'toaster_logs/web.log',
             'when': 'D',
             'interval': 1,
             'backupCount': 10,
diff --git a/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py b/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
index b083cf58..5de881c4 100644
--- a/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
+++ b/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@  for t in os.walk(os.path.dirname(currentdir)):
 LOGGING = LOGGING_SETTINGS
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
-BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
+BUILDDIR = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR", "/tmp")
 
 # LOG VIEWER
 # https://pypi.org/project/django-log-viewer/
 LOG_VIEWER_FILES_PATTERN = '*.log*'
-LOG_VIEWER_FILES_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'logs')
+LOG_VIEWER_FILES_DIR = os.path.join(BUILDDIR, "toaster_logs/")
 LOG_VIEWER_PAGE_LENGTH = 25      # total log lines per-page
 LOG_VIEWER_MAX_READ_LINES = 100000  # total log lines will be read
 LOG_VIEWER_PATTERNS = ['INFO', 'DEBUG', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']