Log to a (configurable) file

lib/logger.rb

@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 require 'rubygems' unless defined?(Gem)
 
 class Logger
-  def initialize
+  def initialize(
+    f = '/var/log/vmware-host-pooler.log'
+  )
+    @file = f
   end
 
   def log level, string
     time = Time.new
     stamp = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
     puts "[#{stamp}] #{string}"
+
+    open(@file, 'a') do |f|
+      f.puts "[#{stamp}] #{string}"
+    end
   end
 end
 

vmware-host-pooler

@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ require 'lib/logger'
 require 'lib/require_relative'
 require 'lib/vsphere_helper'
 
-$logger = Logger.new
-$vsphere_helper = VsphereHelper.new
-
 Dir.chdir(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
 # Load the configuration file
@@ -21,6 +18,10 @@ config = YAML.load_file(config_file)
 pools   = config[:pools]
 vsphere = config[:vsphere]
 
+# Load logger & vSphere helper libraries
+$logger = Logger.new config[:config]['logfile']
+$vsphere_helper = VsphereHelper.new
+
 # Connect to Redis
 $redis = Redis.new