Run the a.py script. You'll see colorized log statements in your console.

You'll also see that it creates a file /tmp/clepy.log with more information.

The boto package is great for working with Amazon web services (AWS).

The script b.py shows how to use it.

But boto produces a TON of debug-level logs!

• loggers
• handlers
• formatters

• local files
• email
• database
• graylog

The logrotate program is super nice. If you log to local text files, you ought to set it up. The RotatingFileHandler is

Here's a post on the python logging package that I wrote almost ten years ago:

http://blog.tplus1.com/blog/2007/09/28/the-python-logging-module-is-much-better-than-print-statements/

And a talk I did at PyOhio in 2012 (when I thought silly chin beards looked cool):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJqA6FgqJXs