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+#
+# Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""Setting up proper logging for Voltha"""
+
+import logging
+import logging.config
+
+import structlog
+
+
+def setup_logging(log_config, instance_id,
+                  verbosity_adjust=0, cache_on_use=True):
+    """
+    Set up logging such that:
+    - The primary logging entry method is structlog
+      (see http://structlog.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html)
+    - Optionally cache the logger on first use
+    :return: structured logger
+    """
+
+    def add_instance_id(_, __, event_dict):
+        event_dict['instance_id'] = instance_id
+        return event_dict
+
+    # Configure standard logging
+    logging.config.dictConfig(log_config)
+    logging.root.level -= 10 * verbosity_adjust
+
+    structlog.configure(
+        processors=[
+            structlog.stdlib.filter_by_level,
+            structlog.stdlib.PositionalArgumentsFormatter(),
+            structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
+            structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
+            add_instance_id,
+            structlog.processors.UnicodeEncoder(),
+            structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter.wrap_for_formatter,
+        ],
+        context_class=dict,
+        logger_factory=structlog.stdlib.LoggerFactory(),
+        wrapper_class=structlog.stdlib.BoundLogger,
+        cache_logger_on_first_use=cache_on_use,
+    )
+
+    # Mark first line of log
+    log = structlog.get_logger()
+    log.info("first-log-line, logging level %d" % logging.root.level)
+    return log
+
+
+def update_logging(instance_id, vcore_id, cache_on_use=True):
+    """
+    Add the vcore id to the structured logger
+    :param vcore_id:  The assigned vcore id
+    :return: structured logger
+    """
+
+    def add_instance_id(_, __, event_dict):
+        event_dict['instance_id'] = instance_id
+        return event_dict
+
+    def add_vcore_id(_, __, event_dict):
+        event_dict['vcore_id'] = vcore_id
+        return event_dict
+
+    structlog.configure(
+        processors=[
+            structlog.stdlib.filter_by_level,
+            structlog.stdlib.PositionalArgumentsFormatter(),
+            structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
+            structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
+            add_instance_id,
+            add_vcore_id,
+            structlog.processors.UnicodeEncoder(),
+            structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter.wrap_for_formatter,
+        ],
+        context_class=dict,
+        logger_factory=structlog.stdlib.LoggerFactory(),
+        wrapper_class=structlog.stdlib.BoundLogger,
+        cache_logger_on_first_use=cache_on_use,
+    )
+
+    # Mark first line of log
+    log = structlog.get_logger()
+    log.info("updated-logger")
+    return log