Fixed the logging by overriding the root logger

neat/common.py

@@ -172,8 +172,16 @@ def init_logging(log_directory, log_file, log_level):
     else:
         level = logging.WARNING
 
-    logging.basicConfig(
-        format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)s %(message)s',
-        filename=os.path.join(log_directory, log_file),
-        level=level)
+    logger = logging.root
+    logger.handlers = []
+    logger.filters = []
+
+    logger.setLevel(level)
+    handler = logging.FileHandler(
+        os.path.join(log_directory, log_file))
+    handler.setFormatter(
+        logging.Formatter(
+            '%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)s %(message)s'))
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+
     return True

neat/locals/collector.py

@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ def start():
     config = read_and_validate_config([DEFAILT_CONFIG_PATH, CONFIG_PATH],
                                       REQUIRED_FIELDS)
 
+    common.init_logging(
+        config['log_directory'],
+        'collector.log',
+        int(config['log_level']))
+
     vm_path = common.build_local_vm_path(config.get('local_data_directory'))
     if not os.access(vm_path, os.F_OK):
         os.makedirs(vm_path)

start-collector.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
+
 import neat.locals.collector as collector
 
+
 print 'Starting the data collector'
 collector.start()