log_settings.py

import logging
import logging.handlers

from django.conf import settings


# Loggers created under the "reporter" namespace, e.g. "reporter.caching", will
# inherit the configuration from the base logger.
log = logging.getLogger('reporter')

level = settings.LOG_LEVEL

if settings.DEBUG:
    fmt = ('%(asctime)s %(name)s:%(levelname)s %(message)s '
           ':%(pathname)s:%(lineno)s')
    fmt = getattr(settings, 'LOG_FORMAT', fmt)
    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
    formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt, datefmt='%H:%M:%S')
else:
    fmt = '%s: %s' % (settings.SYSLOG_TAG,
              '%(name)s:%(levelname)s %(message)s :%(pathname)s:%(lineno)s')
    fmt = getattr(settings, 'SYSLOG_FORMAT', fmt)
    SysLogger = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler
    handler = SysLogger(facility=SysLogger.LOG_LOCAL7)
    formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt)

log.setLevel(level)
handler.setLevel(level)
handler.setFormatter(formatter)

for f in getattr(settings, 'LOG_FILTERS', []):
    handler.addFilter(logging.Filter(f))

log.addHandler(handler)