Make error logging configurable

README.md

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ The MySQL users and their privileges. A user has the values `name`, `host` (defa
 
 Default MySQL connection configuration.
 
+    mysql_log_error: /var/log/mysqld.log
+    mysql_syslog_tag: mysqld
+
+MySQL logging configuration. Setting `mysql_log_error` to `syslog` will make MySQL log to syslog using the `mysql_syslog_tag`.
+
     mysql_key_buffer_size: "256M"
     mysql_max_allowed_packet: "1M"
     mysql_table_open_cache: "256"

defaults/main.yml

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ mysql_innodb_lock_wait_timeout: 50
 # mysqldump settings
 mysql_mysqldump_max_allowed_packet: "64M"
 
+# mysqld_safe setting
+mysql_log_error: /var/log/mysqld.log
+mysql_syslog_tag: mysqld
+
 # databases and users settings
 mysql_databases: []
 mysql_users: []

templates/my.cnf.j2

@@ -52,5 +52,11 @@ quick
 max_allowed_packet = {{ mysql_mysqldump_max_allowed_packet }}
 
 [mysqld_safe]
-log-error = /var/log/mysqld.log
+{% if mysql_log_error == 'syslog' %}
+syslog
+syslog-tag = {{ mysql_syslog_tag }}
+{% else %}
+skip-syslog
+log-error = {{ mysql_log_error }}
+{% endif %}
 pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid