From 0cd996779561171a96241e580dc3bded14aaacea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sajith Sasidharan <sajith@hcoop.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:34:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Make MongoDB log to a file instead of on the console

---
 compose.yml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 8e010a9..15dafa8 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ services:
       - type: volume
         source: mongodb
         target: /data/db:Z
+    command:
+      # MongoDB logs can drown out everything else, so we'll write
+      # them to a file.  To watch the log messages, use: `docker exec
+      # -it <container> tail -f /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log`
+      - '--logpath'
+      - '/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log'
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "mongosh", "localhost:${MONGO_PORT}/test", "--quiet"]