# no\_log / no\_target\_syslog ?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Created:** [January 29, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382 "2016-01-29T10:56:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hajo_Kliemeck)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/1 "2016-01-29T10:56:58Z")
Hey, on the documentation its said: “no\_target\_syslog - prevents logging of tasks, but only on the targets, data is still logged on the master/controller” whats the meaning of log on “master/controller”. syslog, stdout of ansible or both? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/2 "2016-01-29T14:16:11Z")
I'm not sure what the question is, but hope this clarifies it: no\_log prevents loggin AND output on both target and 'master/controller' (no\_log implies no\_target\_syslog). no\_target\_syslog only prevents logging on the target (its a subset of no\_log). ---
**Author:** ![Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hajo_Kliemeck)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/3 "2016-01-29T14:53:11Z")
i will clarify: without no\_log / no\_target\_syslog it seems that output is displayed on master/controller (console) and logging (syslog) is done on target. NO logging (syslog) is done on master/controller is this correct? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/4 "2016-01-29T14:57:57Z")
depends on your setup/configuration, but that would be the 'default' ---
**Author:** ![Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hajo_Kliemeck)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/5 "2016-01-29T15:28:33Z")
what do you mean by default? one case would be master/controller == target but i can not find any other case. any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/6 "2016-01-29T15:40:53Z")
default, as settings out of the box? not sure what you are looking for here. ---
**Author:** ![Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hajo_Kliemeck)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/7 "2016-01-29T16:11:12Z")
I do not want to log ANYTHING to syslog, regardless of type (master or target), but for debugging purposes i want to display the output of ansible-playbook on master for console executions (e.g. error on task XY with params YY on role ZZ) ---
**Author:** ![Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hajo_Kliemeck)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/8 "2016-02-02T08:15:12Z")
thought about it: something like a no\_syslog option ---
**Author:** ![Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hajo_Kliemeck)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-log-no-target-syslog/20382/9 "2016-02-08T12:05:52Z")
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