Where should I define my resque logger in my rails application

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I have set up Resque in my rails application and it's all working fine. The question I have is where should the logger setup go. Should it be in the initializer or in the rake task? It works when set up in both. The reason I ask is I have seen it used in both in examples across the net.

I am thinking that it should probably be in the initializer as it's best practice to put setup into initializers.

config/initializers/resque.rb

logfile = File.open(File.join(Rails.root, 'log', 'resque.log'), 'a')
logfile.sync = true
Resque.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(logfile)
Resque.logger.level = Logger::INFO

I am then writing out using the Resque.logger syntax in the rake task and jobs.

E.G:

Resque.logger.info "Resque task started!"

Many thanks in advance.

EDIT
I'll stick with the initializer then.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '15 at 09:46

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I would definitely put it inside initializer, since it needs to be called only once, while setting up your server.

answered Jun 11 '15 at 09:46

Piotr Kruczek

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '17 at 10:53

Another choice: config the resque logger inside every job if config it in initializer(config/initializers/resquer.rb) or rake (lib/tasks/resque.rake) neither work for you, it is not perfect but just works.

class OneJob
  def self.perform
    Resque.logger = Logger.new("#{Rails.root}/log/resque.log")
    Resque.logger.level = Logger::DEBUG   

    Resque.logger.info 'Job starts'
    ...
  end
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Where should I define my resque logger in my rails application

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