Why isn't Passenger respecting my custom log format?

Question

I need to change the log format of my rails app.

I put this file in lib directory and required it in development.rb env file.

require 'hodel_3000_compliant_logger'  
config.logger = Hodel3000CompliantLogger.new(config.log_path)

and I should get the output of the development.log file as follows:

Jun 28 03:05:13 millisami-notebook rails[18243]: Memory usage: 86888 |
PID: 18243

I get this exact log when I start my app with script/server (Mongrel). But when I run the app via Passenger, the format being logged is Rails' default.

Why doesn't Passenger write to the log file like Mongrel does?

Answer 1

Because Passenger runs your Rails app in production mode, and you've only configured the logger in development mode. Copy your configuration over to the production.rb environment file.