Logging in Django on Heroku not appearing

Question

I have created an app on Heroku and I push my Django app to it.

I monitor the logs using heroku logs --tail to see them in real time.

Then, in my

Answer 1

As stated in previous replies, the logger should be set up in the entry point to your app. In the case of a django based web server using gunicorn, that entry point is most likely the wsgi.py file. Try adding the required configuration to that file, e.g. setting the global basic logger:

import logging
import os

from dj_static import Cling

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "path.to.settings.py")

logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.INFO,
    format="%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s",
)