Dedicated log file about keepalived HOT 1 CLOSED

When I implemented -g requires configure option --enable-log-file what I meant (and on reflection I should have been clearer but there was a clear distinction to me) was it was an option to the configure script. Adding --enable-log-file to /etc/default/keepalived` is adding a configuration option, whereas a configure option is an option specified to the configure script which is run when keepliaved is being built.

If you run keepalived --help you will find with your build of keepalived that no -g, --file= option is listed. If you specify --enable-log-file as an option to configure and then build keepalived, then keepalived --help will show the -g option.

The reason for making --enable-log-file a configure/build time option is that most people won't use it, and so there is no point in having the overhead of the logging code in the executable.

I will have a think about how to make the message re --enable-log-file clearer, but you will need to build keepalived yourself to add that option if your distro does not include it.

from keepalived.