Optionally log to stdout (#6230)

config/database.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ default: &default
   checkout_timeout: 2
   variables:
       statement_timeout: <%= ENV['STATEMENT_TIMEOUT'] || 2500 %>
+
 development:
   <<: *default
   url: <%= ENV.fetch('DATABASE_URL', '') %>
   database: PracticalDeveloper_development
+  variables:
+      statement_timeout: <%= ENV['STATEMENT_TIMEOUT'] || 10_000 %>
 
   # The specified database role being used to connect to postgres.
   # To create additional roles in postgres see `$ createuser --help`.

config/environments/development.rb

@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Debug is the default log_level, but can be changed per environment.
   config.log_level = :debug
 
+  if ENV["RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT"].present?
+    logger           = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
+    logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
+    config.logger    = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
+  end
+
   config.after_initialize do
     # See <https://github.com/flyerhzm/bullet#configuration> for other Bullet config options
     Bullet.enable = true
@@ -108,8 +114,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
     # acts-as-taggable-on has super weird eager loading problems: <https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on/issues/91>
     Bullet.add_whitelist(type: :n_plus_one_query, class_name: "ActsAsTaggableOn::Tagging", association: :tag)
 
-    DATA_UPDATE_CHECK_COMMANDS = %w[c console s server].freeze
-    if DATA_UPDATE_CHECK_COMMANDS.include?(ENV["COMMAND"])
+    if %w[c console runner s server].include?(ENV["COMMAND"])
       script_ids = DataUpdateScript.load_script_ids
       scripts_to_run = DataUpdateScript.where(id: script_ids).select(&:enqueued?)
       if scripts_to_run.any?

docs/faqs.md

@@ -30,3 +30,15 @@ sudo -u postgres createdb ec2-user
 The first command creates the user **ec2-user** and the second one creates the
 database for this user because every user needs its database. Even if the first
 command fails, run the second command to create the missing database.
+
+## How do I enable logging to standard output in development?
+
+By default Rails logs to `log.development.log`.
+
+If, instead, you wish to log to `STDOUT` you can add the variable:
+
+```yaml
+RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT: true
+```
+
+to your own `config/application.yml` file.