Powershell 6.0.0-1.debian.9 logging to /var/log/syslog is too verbose... #6032
Description
Hi there,
Opening /usr/bin/pwsh, typing in "hello world." and pressing enter yields 43 (+4 on exit) events to /var/log/syslog. This isn't the case with all of my servers but it is for all of my servers running Powershell 6.0.0-1.debian.9.
Here is the first log generated, as an example:
Jan 25 15:53:30 server-name powershell[18813]: (v6.0.0:7:11) [Command_Lifecycle:CommandStart.Method.Informational] Command Import-Module is Started.#012%n%nContext:%n Severity = Informational#012 Host Name = ConsoleHost#012 Host Version = 6.0.0#012 Host ID = 183c0648-d3c2-4c60-9ba5-18204b3c9f81#012 Host Application = /opt/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0/pwsh.dll#012 Engine Version = 6.0.0#012 Runspace ID = b261234c-963d-4ab3-b814-03161505d08f#012 Pipeline ID = 1#012 Command Name = Import-Module#012 Command Type = Cmdlet#012 Script Name = #012 Command Path = #012 Sequence Number = 7#012 User = server-name\root#012 Connected User = #012 Shell ID = Microsoft.PowerShell#012%n%nUser Data:%n%n
17 lines later it's telling me that the console is ready for use:
Jan 25 15:53:31 server-name powershell[18813]: (v6.0.0:1:10) [Perftrack_ConsoleStartupStop:PowershellConsoleStartup.WinStop.Informational] PowerShell console is ready for user input
And then finally, 47 lines later it's done with:
Jan 25 16:10:08 server-name powershell[18813]: (v6.0.0:7:11) [Command_Lifecycle:CommandStop.Method.Informational] Command PSConsoleHostReadline is Stopped.#012%n%nContext:%n Severity = Informational#012 Host Name = ConsoleHost#012 Host Version = 6.0.0#012 Host ID = 183c0648-d3c2-4c60-9ba5-18204b3c9f81#012 Host Application = /opt/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0/pwsh.dll#012 Engine Version = 6.0.0#012 Runspace ID = b261234c-963d-4ab3-b814-03161505d08f#012 Pipeline ID = 9#012 Command Name = PSConsoleHostReadline#012 Command Type = Function#012 Script Name = #012 Command Path = #012 Sequence Number = 42#012 User = server-name\root#012 Connected User = #012 Shell ID = Microsoft.PowerShell#012%n%nUser Data:%n%n
As you can imagine, running even a simple script would cause flooding of syslog and then worse for log servers downstream.
Is this "normal" now, is there a way to disable this behavior or at least redirect logging to another source, for instance to one that isn't sent off for parsing by log servers?
Thanks!