The logfile directive is deprecated for version 2.x configurations. Please enable the use_logd[1] directive instead.
The logfile directive configures a log file. All non-debug messages from Heartbeat[2] will go into this file.
A sample logfile directive is shown below:
logfile /var/log/ha-log
Configuring a log file (instead of using syslog logging) can cause Heartbeat to block for several seconds under heavy load. This can affect the deadtime[3] required for the system.
| [1] | http://www.linux-ha.org/ha.cf/UseLogdDirective |
| [2] | http://www.linux-ha.org/HeartbeatProgram |
| [3] | http://www.linux-ha.org/ha.cf/DeadtimeDirective |
This information provided courtesy of the Linux-HA project at http://linux-ha.org/