TUN-9371: Add logging format as JSON

Closes TUN-9371

cmd/cloudflared/cliutil/logger.go

@@ -4,25 +4,32 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2/altsrc"
 
-	cfdflags "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/flags"
+	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/flags"
 )
 
 var (
 	debugLevelWarning = "At debug level cloudflared will log request URL, method, protocol, content length, as well as, all request and response headers. " +
 		"This can expose sensitive information in your logs."
+
+	FlagLogOutput = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:    flags.LogFormatOutput,
+		Usage:   "Output format for the logs (default, json)",
+		Value:   flags.LogFormatOutputValueDefault,
+		EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_MANAGEMENT_OUTPUT", "TUNNEL_LOG_OUTPUT"},
+	}
 )
 
 func ConfigureLoggingFlags(shouldHide bool) []cli.Flag {
 	return []cli.Flag{
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    cfdflags.LogLevel,
+			Name:    flags.LogLevel,
 			Value:   "info",
 			Usage:   "Application logging level {debug, info, warn, error, fatal}. " + debugLevelWarning,
 			EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_LOGLEVEL"},
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
 		}),
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    cfdflags.TransportLogLevel,
+			Name:    flags.TransportLogLevel,
 			Aliases: []string{"proto-loglevel"}, // This flag used to be called proto-loglevel
 			Value:   "info",
 			Usage:   "Transport logging level(previously called protocol logging level) {debug, info, warn, error, fatal}",
@@ -30,22 +37,23 @@ func ConfigureLoggingFlags(shouldHide bool) []cli.Flag {
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
 		}),
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    cfdflags.LogFile,
+			Name:    flags.LogFile,
 			Usage:   "Save application log to this file for reporting issues.",
 			EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_LOGFILE"},
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
 		}),
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    cfdflags.LogDirectory,
+			Name:    flags.LogDirectory,
 			Usage:   "Save application log to this directory for reporting issues.",
 			EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_LOGDIRECTORY"},
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
 		}),
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    cfdflags.TraceOutput,
+			Name:    flags.TraceOutput,
 			Usage:   "Name of trace output file, generated when cloudflared stops.",
 			EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_TRACE_OUTPUT"},
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
 		}),
+		FlagLogOutput,
 	}
 }

cmd/cloudflared/flags/flags.go

@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ const (
 	// LogDirectory is the command line flag to define the directory where application logs will be stored.
 	LogDirectory = "log-directory"
 
+	// LogFormatOutput allows the command line logs to be output as JSON.
+	LogFormatOutput             = "output"
+	LogFormatOutputValueDefault = "default"
+	LogFormatOutputValueJSON    = "json"
+
 	// TraceOutput is the command line flag to set the name of trace output file
 	TraceOutput = "trace-output"
 

cmd/cloudflared/tail/cmd.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -97,12 +98,6 @@ func buildTailCommand(subcommands []*cli.Command) *cli.Command {
 				Value:   "",
 				EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_MANAGEMENT_TOKEN"},
 			},
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:    "output",
-				Usage:   "Output format for the logs (default, json)",
-				Value:   "default",
-				EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_MANAGEMENT_OUTPUT"},
-			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:    "management-hostname",
 				Usage:   "Management hostname to signify incoming management requests",
@@ -128,6 +123,7 @@ func buildTailCommand(subcommands []*cli.Command) *cli.Command {
 				EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_ORIGIN_CERT"},
 				Value:   credentials.FindDefaultOriginCertPath(),
 			},
+			cliutil.FlagLogOutput,
 		},
 		Subcommands: subcommands,
 	}
@@ -171,10 +167,21 @@ func createLogger(c *cli.Context) *zerolog.Logger {
 	if levelErr != nil {
 		level = zerolog.InfoLevel
 	}
-	log := zerolog.New(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
-		Out:        colorable.NewColorable(os.Stderr),
-		TimeFormat: time.RFC3339,
-	}).With().Timestamp().Logger().Level(level)
+	var writer io.Writer
+	switch c.String(cfdflags.LogFormatOutput) {
+	case cfdflags.LogFormatOutputValueJSON:
+		// zerolog by default outputs as JSON
+		writer = os.Stderr
+	case cfdflags.LogFormatOutputValueDefault:
+		// "default" and unset use the same logger output format
+		fallthrough
+	default:
+		writer = zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
+			Out:        colorable.NewColorable(os.Stderr),
+			TimeFormat: time.RFC3339,
+		}
+	}
+	log := zerolog.New(writer).With().Timestamp().Logger().Level(level)
 	return &log
 }