This adds the ability to publish nova errors to an error queue.

nova/log.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import traceback
 
+import nova
 from nova import flags
 from nova import version
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ flags.DEFINE_list('default_log_levels',
                    'eventlet.wsgi.server=WARN'],
                   'list of logger=LEVEL pairs')
 flags.DEFINE_bool('use_syslog', False, 'output to syslog')
+flags.DEFINE_bool('publish_errors', False, 'publish error events')
 flags.DEFINE_string('logfile', None, 'output to named file')
 
 
@@ -258,12 +260,20 @@ class NovaRootLogger(NovaLogger):
         else:
             self.removeHandler(self.filelog)
             self.addHandler(self.streamlog)
+        if FLAGS.publish_errors:
+            self.addHandler(PublishErrorsHandler(ERROR))
         if FLAGS.verbose:
             self.setLevel(DEBUG)
         else:
             self.setLevel(INFO)
 
 
+class PublishErrorsHandler(logging.Handler):
+    def emit(self, record):
+        nova.notifier.api.notify('nova.error.publisher', 'error_notification',
+            nova.notifier.api.ERROR, dict(error=record.msg))
+
+
 def handle_exception(type, value, tb):
     extra = {}
     if FLAGS.verbose:

nova/tests/test_notifier.py

@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import nova
+import stubout
 
+import nova
 from nova import context
 from nova import flags
+from nova import log
 from nova import rpc
 import nova.notifier.api
 from nova.notifier.api import notify
@@ -24,8 +26,6 @@ from nova.notifier import no_op_notifier
 from nova.notifier import rabbit_notifier
 from nova import test
 
-import stubout
-
 
 class NotifierTestCase(test.TestCase):
     """Test case for notifications"""
@@ -115,3 +115,22 @@ class NotifierTestCase(test.TestCase):
         notify('publisher_id',
                 'event_type', 'DEBUG', dict(a=3))
         self.assertEqual(self.test_topic, 'testnotify.debug')
+
+    def test_error_notification(self):
+        self.stubs.Set(nova.flags.FLAGS, 'notification_driver',
+            'nova.notifier.rabbit_notifier')
+        self.stubs.Set(nova.flags.FLAGS, 'publish_errors', True)
+        LOG = log.getLogger('nova')
+        LOG.setup_from_flags()
+        msgs = []
+
+        def mock_cast(context, topic, data):
+            msgs.append(data)
+
+        self.stubs.Set(nova.rpc, 'cast', mock_cast)
+        LOG.error('foo')
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(msgs))
+        msg = msgs[0]
+        self.assertEqual(msg['event_type'], 'error_notification')
+        self.assertEqual(msg['priority'], 'ERROR')
+        self.assertEqual(msg['payload']['error'], 'foo')