added --quiet option to suppress default logging to stdout (#446)

added --quiet option for zenserver to suppress default logging to stdout

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/zenserver/config.cpp b/src/zenserver/config.cpp
index c0a97ce5b..b7699900f 100644
--- a/src/zenserver/config.cpp
+++ b/src/zenserver/config.cpp
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ ParseConfigFile(const std::filesystem::path& Path,
 	LuaOptions.AddOption("server.contentdir"sv, ServerOptions.ContentDir, "content-dir"sv);
 	LuaOptions.AddOption("server.abslog"sv, ServerOptions.AbsLogFile, "abslog"sv);
 	LuaOptions.AddOption("server.debug"sv, ServerOptions.IsDebug, "debug"sv);
+	LuaOptions.AddOption("server.noconsole"sv, ServerOptions.NoConsoleOutput, "quiet"sv);
 
 	////// objectstore
 	LuaOptions.AddOption("server.objectstore.enabled"sv, ServerOptions.ObjectStoreEnabled, "objectstore-enabled"sv);
@@ -1000,6 +1001,7 @@ ParseCliOptions(int argc, char* argv[], ZenServerOptions& ServerOptions)
 	options.add_options()("sentry-allow-personal-info",
 						  "Allow personally identifiable information in sentry crash reports",
 						  cxxopts::value<bool>(ServerOptions.SentryAllowPII)->default_value("false"));
+	options.add_options()("quiet", "Disable console logging", cxxopts::value<bool>(ServerOptions.NoConsoleOutput)->default_value("false"));
 
 	options.add_option("security",
 					   "",
diff --git a/src/zenserver/config.h b/src/zenserver/config.h
index df1ccb752..8e2ffe74c 100644
--- a/src/zenserver/config.h
+++ b/src/zenserver/config.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ struct ZenServerOptions
 	bool					 NoSentry			   = false;
 	bool					 SentryAllowPII		   = false;	 // Allow personally identifiable information in sentry crash reports
 	bool					 ObjectStoreEnabled	   = false;
+	bool					 NoConsoleOutput	   = false;	 // Control default use of stdout for diagnostics
 #if ZEN_WITH_TRACE
 	std::string TraceHost;	// Host name or IP address to send trace data to
 	std::string TraceFile;	// Path of a file to write a trace
diff --git a/src/zenserver/diag/logging.cpp b/src/zenserver/diag/logging.cpp
index 0f15253cc..29c8eec4c 100644
--- a/src/zenserver/diag/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/zenserver/diag/logging.cpp
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@ InitializeLogging(const ZenServerOptions& GlobalOptions)
 
 	// Sinks
 
-	auto ConsoleSink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_stdout_sink_mt>();
-
 	// spdlog can't create directories that starts with `\\?\` so we make sure the folder exists before creating the logger instance
 	zen::CreateDirectories(GlobalOptions.AbsLogFile.parent_path());
 
@@ -378,7 +376,17 @@ InitializeLogging(const ZenServerOptions& GlobalOptions)
 	auto& Sinks			= DefaultLogger.sinks();
 
 	Sinks.clear();
-	Sinks.push_back(ConsoleSink);
+
+	if (GlobalOptions.NoConsoleOutput)
+	{
+		zen::logging::SuppressConsoleLog();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		auto ConsoleSink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::ansicolor_stdout_sink_mt>();
+		Sinks.push_back(ConsoleSink);
+	}
+
 	Sinks.push_back(FileSink);
 
 #if ZEN_PLATFORM_WINDOWS