Google-cloud-go: Logging never worked

[user2657]

I followed and run the exact example on
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/golang-samples/blob/master/logging/logging_quickstart/main.go

Nothing is logged in the Google's Stackdriver log (https://console.cloud.google.com/logs/viewer)

Only the output from fmt.Printf("Logged: %v\n", text) is logged as a stdout log. Nothing is logged from logger.Log(logging.Entry{Payload: text})

I am running the example as a second generation GAE instance both locally and deployed to GAE.

Also, all the err variables are always nil, so I have no clue what's going wrong.

[jadekler]

cc @jmdobry @dazuma @munangst

[jadekler]

cc @tbpg (per Chris' suggestion)

[tbpg]

Thanks. I didn't get a chance to try this out this week, @user2657. But, I'll get back to you next week.

[odeke-em]

Hello @user2657, thank you for this report and welcome to the Google-Go-Cloud project!

So I think this might just be a case of us not directing exactly where to look.
When one loads up https://console.cloud.google.com/logs/viewer, on my screen it automatically selects for me "Audited Resource" which doesn't yet show the log that was just made

When I change the resource to "Google Project" and select my project "odeke-sandbox" I can see the logs now

and finally

So perhaps that just might be it and maybe @tbpg @jadekler @broady perhaps we could provide some instructions on how to examine the logs or is that at the discretion of the GCP logging UI folks since that UI can change?

[user2657]

Hi @odeke-em , thanks for investigating. For my case, I ran the go program as 2nd generation Google App Engine app, and the drop down box from logs viewer didn't contain the same entries as yours. I have:

• Cloud Build
• Cloud SQL Database
• GAE Application
• GCE Subnetwork
• Google Project

GAE Application was selected by default and should be the correct category expected for application running in the GAE environment, yet nothing is logged.

[odeke-em]

Please select "Google Project" which you listed

[odeke-em]

I believe "GAE Application" gets logs from the actual Google App Engine infrastructure ran by Google, as opposed to being from your user-code which is "Google Project".

[user2657]

Just tried again and I can confirm @odeke-em is correct that the log does appear under "Google Project".

Thank you.

[tbpg]

@user2657, sorry I took so long. @odeke-em, thank you for stepping in to help.

I'm glad y'all got it figured out. Closing this for now.

[odeke-em]

Awesome, thank you for the confirmation @user2657 and great to see this work for you.

Today, I'll nudge the team about making such guides to help disambiguate between the various sources of logs or at least to all to document this in our logging guides and samples.

@tbpg anytime :)