+#!/usr/bin/python
+###############################################################################
+# #
+# collecty - A system statistics collection daemon for IPFire #
+# Copyright (C) 2015 IPFire development team #
+# #
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify #
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by #
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or #
+# (at your option) any later version. #
+# #
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, #
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of #
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the #
+# GNU General Public License for more details. #
+# #
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License #
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
+# #
+###############################################################################
+
+import logging
+
+# Initialize logging.
+log = logging.getLogger("collecty")
+log.propagate = False
+
+# The default log level is INFO
+log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+# We try using the native journald log handler. If that is unavailable,
+# we dump everything on the console
+try:
+ import journal
+ handler = journal.JournalHandler()
+
+except ImportError:
+ handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+
+handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+log.addHandler(handler)