implementing debug mode in console

ldapcherry/__init__.py

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class LdapCherry(object):
         # set log level
         cherrypy.log.access_log.setLevel(level)
 
-    def _set_error_log(self, config, level):
+    def _set_error_log(self, config, level, debug=False):
         """ Configure error logs
         """
         error_handler = self._get_param(
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ class LdapCherry(object):
         # set log level
         cherrypy.log.error_log.setLevel(level)
 
+        if debug:
+            handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+            handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            cherrypy.log.error_log.addHandler(handler)
+            cherrypy.log.error_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
     def _auth(self, user, password):
         """ authenticate a user
         @str user: login of the user
@@ -360,7 +366,7 @@ class LdapCherry(object):
                   ):
             self.temp[t] = self.temp_lookup.get_template(t)
 
-    def reload(self, config=None):
+    def reload(self, config=None, debug=False):
         """ load/reload configuration
         @dict: configuration of ldapcherry
         """
@@ -379,7 +385,7 @@ class LdapCherry(object):
             # configure access log
             self._set_access_log(config, level)
             # configure error log
-            self._set_error_log(config, level)
+            self._set_error_log(config, level, debug)
 
             # load template files
             self._load_templates(config)

scripts/ldapcherryd

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ from ldapcherry import LdapCherry
 
 
 def start(configfile=None, daemonize=False, environment=None,
-          fastcgi=False, scgi=False, pidfile=None, imports=None,
-          cgi=False):
+          fastcgi=False, scgi=False, pidfile=None,
+          cgi=False, debug=False):
     """Subscribe all engine plugins and start the engine."""
     sys.path = [''] + sys.path
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def start(configfile=None, daemonize=False, environment=None,
     instance = LdapCherry()
     app = cherrypy.tree.mount(instance, '/', configfile)
     cherrypy.config.update(configfile)
-    instance.reload(app.config)
+    instance.reload(app.config, debug)
 
     engine = cherrypy.engine
 
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                  help="store the process id in the given file")
     p.add_option('-P', '--Path', action="append", dest='Path',
                  help="add the given paths to sys.path")
+    p.add_option('-D', '--debug', action="store_true", dest='debug',
+                 help="debug to stderr in foreground")
     options, args = p.parse_args()
 
     if options.Path:
@@ -139,4 +141,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     start(options.config, options.daemonize,
           options.environment, options.fastcgi, options.scgi,
-          options.pidfile, options.cgi)
+          options.pidfile, options.cgi, options.debug)