Add debug flag to adjust log verbosity a bit

Not as good as a proper logging system, but still provids a bit of
control over log verbosity

Makefile

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ minitor-go:
 
 .PHONY: run
 run: minitor-go
-	./minitor-go
+	./minitor-go -debug
 
 .PHONY: test
 test:

alert.go

@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ func (alert Alert) IsValid() bool {
 
 // BuildTemplates compiles command templates for the Alert
 func (alert *Alert) BuildTemplates() error {
+	if LogDebug {
 		log.Printf("DEBUG: Building template for alert %s", alert.Name)
+	}
 	if alert.commandTemplate == nil && alert.Command != nil {
 		alert.commandTemplate = []*template.Template{}
 		for i, cmdPart := range alert.Command {
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ func (alert *Alert) BuildTemplates() error {
 
 // Send will send an alert notice by executing the command template
 func (alert Alert) Send(notice AlertNotice) (output_str string, err error) {
+	log.Printf("INFO: Sending alert %s for %s", alert.Name, notice.MonitorName)
 	var cmd *exec.Cmd
 	if alert.commandTemplate != nil {
 		command := []string{}
@@ -93,7 +96,9 @@ func (alert Alert) Send(notice AlertNotice) (output_str string, err error) {
 	var output []byte
 	output, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	output_str = string(output)
-	// log.Printf("DEBUG: Alert output for: %s\n---\n%s\n---", alert.Name, output_str)
+	if LogDebug {
+		log.Printf("DEBUG: Alert output for: %s\n---\n%s\n---", alert.Name, output_str)
+	}
 
 	return output_str, err
 }

main.go

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"time"
 )
 
+// LogDebug will control whether debug messsages should be logged
+var LogDebug bool = false
+
 func checkMonitors(config *Config) {
 	for _, monitor := range config.Monitors {
 		if monitor.ShouldCheck() {
@@ -13,7 +17,9 @@ func checkMonitors(config *Config) {
 
 			// Should probably consider refactoring everything below here
 			if alertNotice != nil {
+				if LogDebug {
 					log.Printf("DEBUG: Recieved an alert notice from %s", alertNotice.MonitorName)
+				}
 				alertNames := monitor.GetAlertNames(alertNotice.IsUp)
 				if alertNames == nil {
 					// TODO: Should this be a panic? Should this be validated against? Probably
@@ -51,6 +57,10 @@ func checkMonitors(config *Config) {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	// Get debug flag
+	flag.BoolVar(&LogDebug, "debug", false, "Enables debug logs (default: false)")
+	flag.Parse()
+
 	config, err := LoadConfig("config.yml")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error loading config: %v", err)

monitor.go

@@ -67,10 +67,14 @@ func (monitor *Monitor) Check() (bool, *AlertNotice) {
 		alertNotice = monitor.failure()
 	}
 
-	// log.Printf("DEBUG: Command output: %s", monitor.lastOutput)
+	if LogDebug {
+		log.Printf("DEBUG: Command output: %s", monitor.lastOutput)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
+		if LogDebug {
 			log.Printf("DEBUG: Command result: %v", err)
 		}
+	}
 
 	log.Printf(
 		"INFO: %s success=%t, alert=%t",
@@ -102,6 +106,7 @@ func (monitor *Monitor) failure() (notice *AlertNotice) {
 	monitor.failureCount++
 	// If we haven't hit the minimum failures, we can exit
 	if monitor.failureCount < monitor.getAlertAfter() {
+		if LogDebug {
 			log.Printf(
 				"DEBUG: %s failed but did not hit minimum failures. "+
 					"Count: %v alert after: %v",
@@ -109,6 +114,7 @@ func (monitor *Monitor) failure() (notice *AlertNotice) {
 				monitor.failureCount,
 				monitor.getAlertAfter(),
 			)
+		}
 		return
 	}