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RDK supports following tools for making the debugging task easier for developers.

• rmfApp
• Breakpad

Logging

Presentation of system events, errors and application traces altogether in form of console messages or persistent log files constitutes the logging process in RDK.

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RDK Logger is responsible for centralizing logging feature which otherwise was done by printf or other similar functionalities. It provides enable/disable log feature as well as defines logging levels thus providing a way to control amount of outgoing log messages. Available as a library, it can be easily plugged into different application to enable them in creating logs in a way that is common amount among the RDK system.

Capabilities

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A detailed description on the RDK logger component can be found here: <Add reference to RDK Components → RDK Logger>TODO: Add following description in RDK Components → RDK Logger page

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Systemd Journals

systemd has its own logging system called the journal; therefore, running a syslog daemon is no longer required.

• Journal stores all logs in a specified folder
• journalctl allows you to filter the output as needed
• In order to comply with the

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• RDK logging formats, journalctl is used to redirect logs to specific module level log .txt files
• The future plan is to switch to using journald systems-journal-upload to upload logs