[SOLVED] Laravel task schedular not fully log in aws cloudwatch

Issue

My laravel cron job work fine in my localhost but fail at server. Try to log for more information but failed to do so. My enviroment LOG_CHANNEL=stderr, my controller class have no issue producing log in cloudwatch.

my cron job

* * * * * cd /var/www/html && sudo -u www-data php artisan schedule:run >> /proc/1/fd/1 2>&1

my command

    <?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use App\Models\Subscriber;
use Exception;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

class Test2 extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'command:test2';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'Test2 Command';

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return int
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        Log::debug('Command - Test');

        try {
            $subscribers = Subscriber::where('status', Subscriber::PENDING)->get();

            return Command::SUCCESS;
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            Log::debug('Command failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
            return Command::FAILURE;
        }
    }
}

log in cloudwatch

Running ['artisan' command:test2] ........... 294ms FAIL

⇂ '/usr/local/bin/php' 'artisan' command:test2 > '/dev/null' 2>&1

I can run php artisan schedule:run in server with no issue

Another thing I dont understand is why my cron is php artisan schedule:run >> /proc/1/fd/1 2>&1 but command output return '/usr/local/bin/php' 'artisan' command:test2 > '/dev/null' 2>&1

Solution

By default scheduled tasks (which run as independent processes) output to /dev/null. To change this you can use sendOutputTo or similar:

$schedule->command('command:test2')
         ->daily() // or whatever
         ->sendOutputTo('/proc/1/fd/1');

If you want to do this for all scheduled events you should create an event listener for the starting event and modify the scheduled event there.

Answered By - apokryfos

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (WPSolving Volunteer)