簡介
Zerolog 是一個可以結構化輸出 JSON 格式的 Go 日誌庫,其特點就是高性能,名字中的 zero 代表零分配設計,速度非常快。
什麼是零分配設計?
在 Go 語言中,內存分配會帶來一定的性能開銷,頻繁的內存分配和垃圾回收(GC)會影響程序性能。零分配設計的目標是在熱點代碼路徑上儘量避免堆內存分配,從而減少 GC 壓力,提升整體性能。
Zerolog 通過精心設計的 API 實現了這一目標:
- 鏈式調用返回指針而非值:避免了每次調用都創建新的對象
- 使用 sync.Pool 複用對象:日誌事件對象會被放回池中重複利用
- 避免接口類型:直接使用具體類型,消除接口調用的開銷
- 預分配緩衝區:減少寫入時的內存分配
這種設計使得 Zerolog 在高併發場景下表現出色,尤其適合對性能敏感的服務端應用。
有人做了一個 Go 日誌庫 benchmark: https://betterstack-community.github.io/go-logging-benchmarks/,可以看出 zerolog 相較於其它日誌庫,性能都是第一檔的,不管是執行速度還是內存佔用,表現得都非常好。
特點
- 高性能:零分配設計,極高的寫入速度,對 GC 幾乎無壓力。
- 結構化日誌:默認輸出 JSON 格式,便於日誌系統(如 ELK、Loki)解析和檢索。
- 支持 context:可以在請求鏈路中傳遞和追加日誌字段,實現請求級別的日誌追蹤。
- 日誌採樣:對高頻日誌進行採樣,防止日誌風暴撐爆磁盤。
- Hook 機制:可在日誌寫入前進行攔截處理,例如發送錯誤日誌到 Sentry。
- 彩色輸出:開發環境下可以啓用彩色輸出,提升可讀性。
安裝
go get github.com/rs/zerolog/log
基本使用
Zerolog 開箱即用,無需複雜配置即可快速上手。默認輸出到 stderr,日誌格式為 JSON,每條日誌自動包含 level 和 time 字段。
Zerolog 採用鏈式調用風格,API 設計簡潔直觀:
log.Info()、log.Warn()、log.Error()等方法創建對應級別的日誌事件Str()、Int()、Float64()等方法添加自定義字段Msg()或Msgf()方法最終輸出日誌
package main
import (
"errors"
"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
)
func main() {
log.Info().Msg("hello world")
log.Warn().Str("key1", "value1").Float64("fnumber", 12.34).Msg("this is a message")
err := errors.New("this is an error")
log.Error().Err(err).Str("service", "user").Msgf("couldn't start %s", "user")
}
運行輸出:
go run main.go
{"level":"info","time":"2026-03-10T20:41:01+08:00","message":"hello world"}
{"level":"warn","key1":"value1","fnumber":12.34,"time":"2026-03-10T20:41:01+08:00","message":"this is a message"}
{"level":"error","error":"this is an error","service":"user","time":"2026-03-10T20:41:01+08:00","message":"couldn't start user"}
基本配置
可以進行一些基本配置:
package main
import (
"os"
"time"
"github.com/rs/zerolog"
"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
)
func main() {
// 全局設置:設置 time 字段值為 unix 時間戳
zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
// 全局設置:設置日誌級別
zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
// 輸出到 stdout。開發環境可以輸出到 console 中,生產環境還是用默認的 JSON 比較好
log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout, NoColor: true, TimeFormat: time.RFC3339})
// 基本日誌
log.Info().Msg("hello world")
// 鏈式調用:指定類型有助於性能
log.Warn().Str("key1", "value1").Float64("fnumber", 12.34).Msg("this is a message")
}
執行輸出:
$ go run main.go
2026-03-10T21:00:31+08:00 INF hello world
2026-03-10T21:00:31+08:00 WRN this is a message fnumber=12.34 key1=value1
日誌級別
Zerolog 支持以下日誌級別,按嚴重程度從高到低排列:
| 級別 | 常量 | 值 | 説明 |
|---|---|---|---|
| panic | zerolog.PanicLevel |
5 | 記錄日誌後調用 panic() |
| fatal | zerolog.FatalLevel |
4 | 記錄日誌後調用 os.Exit(1) |
| error | zerolog.ErrorLevel |
3 | 錯誤信息,不影響程序繼續運行 |
| warn | zerolog.WarnLevel |
2 | 警告信息,潛在問題提示 |
| info | zerolog.InfoLevel |
1 | 一般信息,默認級別 |
| debug | zerolog.DebugLevel |
0 | 調試信息,開發環境使用 |
| trace | zerolog.TraceLevel |
-1 | 最詳細的追蹤信息 |
使用建議:
- 生產環境建議設置為
InfoLevel或WarnLevel - 開發環境可以設置為
DebugLevel便於調試 panic和fatal會中斷程序,謹慎使用
添加調用者信息
package main
import (
"os"
"time"
"github.com/rs/zerolog"
)
func main() {
zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = time.RFC3339 // 全局設置時間格式為 RFC3339
zerolog.TimestampFieldName = "timestamp" // 全局設置時間字段名為 timestamp
zerolog.MessageFieldName = "msg" // 全局設置消息字段名為 msg
zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel) // 全局設置日誌級別為 InfoLevel
// 創建自定義日誌記錄器,添加時間戳、調用者信息
// Str("service", "backend") 可以在所有日誌中添加服務名稱
logger := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().Str("service", "backend").Timestamp().Caller().Logger()
logger.Debug().Msg("this is a debug message. it will not be logged")
logger.Info().Dict("metrics", zerolog.Dict().Str("remote_addr", "1.2.3.4").Int("status", 200)).Msg("this is a metric")
}
執行輸出:
$ go run main.go | tail -n 1 | python3 -m json.tool
{
"level": "info",
"service": "backend",
"metrics": {
"remote_addr": "1.2.3.4",
"status": 200
},
"timestamp": "2026-03-10T22:33:39+08:00",
"caller": "/home/rainux/Documents/workspace/go-dev/zerolog-exp/main.go:21",
"msg": "this is a metric"
}
採樣 - Sampling
採樣功能用於控制日誌輸出頻率,防止瞬間日誌風暴快速塞滿硬盤。這在調試某些高頻循環或處理突發流量時特別有用。
Zerolog 提供了多種採樣器:
// BasicSampler: 每 N 條日誌只記錄 1 條
log.Sample(&zerolog.BasicSampler{N: 100}).Info().Msg("High frequency log")
// BurstSampler: 每秒最多記錄 N 條,超過後按給定比例採樣
// 下面示例:每秒最多 100 條,超出後只記錄 10%
log.Sample(&zerolog.BurstSampler{Burst: 100, Period: time.Second, NextSampler: &zerolog.BasicSampler{N: 10}})
使用場景:
- 調試循環中的日誌,避免日誌爆炸
- 高併發接口的請求日誌
- 限流降級時的日誌記錄
Context
Zerolog 原生支持 Go 的 context.Context,非常適合在請求鏈路中傳遞日誌字段。
工作原理:
Logger.WithContext(ctx)將 Logger 綁定到 context 中zerolog.Ctx(ctx)從 context 中取出 Logger- 取出的 Logger 會攜帶之前設置的所有字段
這種方式特別適合 Web 服務,可以在中間件中設置 request_id、user_id 等字段,然後在後續處理函數中直接使用。
package main
import (
"context"
"github.com/rs/zerolog"
"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
)
func someFunc(ctx context.Context) {
logger := zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
logger.Info().Msg("this is someFunc")
}
func main() {
// 創建帶 context 的 logger
ctxLogger := log.With().Str("request_id", "1234qwer").Logger().WithContext(context.Background())
someFunc(ctxLogger)
}
運行輸出:
$ go run main.go
{"level":"info","request_id":"1234qwer","time":"2026-03-10T22:49:23+08:00","message":"this is someFunc"}
Hook
Hook 的作用是在日誌寫入前進行攔截處理,可以實現一些通用邏輯:
- 給所有日誌添加通用字段(如服務名、環境、主機名)
- 根據日誌級別做不同處理(如錯誤日誌發送到監控系統)
- 過濾敏感信息
- 實現日誌路由(不同級別輸出到不同目標)
實現 Hook 只需定義一個結構體並實現 Run(e *zerolog.Event, level zerolog.Level, msg string) 方法。
package main
import (
"context"
"errors"
"github.com/rs/zerolog"
"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
)
func someFunc(ctx context.Context) {
logger := zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
logger.Info().Msg("this is someFunc")
}
type SentryHook struct{}
func (h SentryHook) Run(e *zerolog.Event, level zerolog.Level, msg string) {
if level != zerolog.NoLevel {
e.Str("severity", level.String())
}
if level == zerolog.ErrorLevel {
// 錯誤日誌發送到 sentry
log.Info().Msgf("send to sentry: %s", msg)
}
}
func main() {
hooked := log.Hook(SentryHook{})
hooked.Warn().Msg("this is a WARN level message")
hooked.Error().Msg("this is a ERROR level message")
err := errors.New("Value error")
hooked.Error().Err(err).Msg("some value is error")
}
運行輸出,可以看到 hook 中的邏輯會先執行:
$ go run main.go
{"level":"warn","time":"2026-03-10T23:20:17+08:00","severity":"warn","message":"this is a WARN level message"}
{"level":"info","time":"2026-03-10T23:20:17+08:00","message":"send to sentry: this is a ERROR level message"}
{"level":"error","time":"2026-03-10T23:20:17+08:00","severity":"error","message":"this is a ERROR level message"}
{"level":"info","time":"2026-03-10T23:20:17+08:00","message":"send to sentry: some value is error"}
{"level":"error","error":"Value error","time":"2026-03-10T23:20:17+08:00","severity":"error","message":"some value is error"}
同時輸出控制枱和日誌文件 + 自動輪轉
在傳統服務器上部署時,同時輸出到控制枱和日誌文件是一個常見需求,並且還需要自動輪轉以控制日誌文件體積,防止日誌撐爆硬盤資源。
如果服務部署在 Kubernetes 或 Docker 環境,有完善的日誌監控系統可以採集控制枱日誌,可以直接去掉輸出日誌文件的功能。
package main
import (
"os"
"time"
"github.com/rs/zerolog"
"gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
)
func main() {
consoleWriter := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
Out: os.Stdout,
NoColor: false, // 輸出顏色
TimeFormat: time.RFC3339, // 設置時間格式
PartsOrder: []string{"time", "level", "message"}, // 設置字段排列順序
}
// 日誌文件配置
lumberjackLogger := &lumberjack.Logger{
Filename: "logs/app.log", // 日誌文件路徑,lumberjack 會自動創建 logs 目錄
MaxSize: 100, // 單個文件最大大小 (MB)
MaxBackups: 5, // 保留的舊文件最大數量
MaxAge: 30, // 文件最大保留時間 (天)
Compress: true, // 是否壓縮舊日誌 (gzip)
LocalTime: true, // 使用本地時間命名備份文件
}
multiwriter := zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(consoleWriter, lumberjackLogger)
logger := zerolog.New(multiwriter).With().Timestamp().Logger()
logger.Info().Msg("Hello, World!")
logger.Info().Dict("metrics", zerolog.Dict().Float64("cpupercent", 51.23).Int("memoryusage", 11)).Msg("this is a metric")
}
執行輸出:
$ go run main.go
2026-03-10T21:23:33+08:00 INF Hello, World!
2026-03-10T21:23:33+08:00 INF this is a metric metrics={"cpupercent":51.23,"memoryusage":11}
$ tail logs/app.log
{"level":"info","time":"2026-03-10T21:23:33+08:00","message":"Hello, World!"}
{"level":"info","metrics":{"cpupercent":51.23,"memoryusage":11},"time":"2026-03-10T21:23:33+08:00","message":"this is a metric"}
在 Gin 中集成 zerolog
替代 Gin 默認的 logger 和 recovery 中間件:
package main
import (
"context"
"net"
"net/http"
"net/http/httputil"
"os"
"runtime/debug"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
"github.com/google/uuid"
"github.com/rs/zerolog"
"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
)
const (
TRACING_KEY = "traceId"
)
type TracingHook struct{}
func (h TracingHook) Run(e *zerolog.Event, level zerolog.Level, msg string) {
ctx := e.GetCtx()
if ctx != nil {
if traceId, ok := ctx.Value(TRACING_KEY).(string); ok && traceId != "" {
e.Str(TRACING_KEY, traceId)
}
}
}
func ZeroLogMiddleware() gin.HandlerFunc {
return func(c *gin.Context) {
start := time.Now()
traceID := c.GetHeader("X-Trace-ID")
if traceID == "" {
traceID = uuid.New().String()
}
ctx := context.WithValue(c.Request.Context(), TRACING_KEY, traceID)
c.Request = c.Request.WithContext(ctx)
c.Header("X-Trace-ID", traceID)
c.Next()
log.Info().Ctx(ctx).
Str("method", c.Request.Method).
Str("path", c.Request.URL.Path).
Str("remote_addr", c.Request.RemoteAddr).
Int("status", c.Writer.Status()).
Int("response_size", c.Writer.Size()).Dur("latency", time.Since(start)).Msg("")
}
}
func ZeroLogRecovery() gin.HandlerFunc {
return func(c *gin.Context) {
defer func() {
if err := recover(); err != nil {
// 檢查是否是連接中斷(broken pipe)
var brokenPipe bool
if ne, ok := err.(*net.OpError); ok {
if se, ok := ne.Err.(*os.SyscallError); ok {
if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(se.Error()), "broken pipe") ||
strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(se.Error()), "connection reset by peer") {
brokenPipe = true
}
}
}
// 獲取堆棧信息
stack := string(debug.Stack())
// 獲取原始請求內容
httpRequest, _ := httputil.DumpRequest(c.Request, false)
ctx := c.Request.Context()
if brokenPipe {
log.Error().Ctx(ctx).Any("error", err).Str("request", string(httpRequest)).Msg("network connection broken")
c.Abort()
return
}
log.Error().Ctx(ctx).Any("error", err).Str("stack", stack).Str("request", string(httpRequest)).Msg("recovery from panic")
traceID, _ := ctx.Value(TRACING_KEY).(string)
c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{
"code": http.StatusInternalServerError,
"msg": "Internal Server Error",
"data": nil,
"timestamp": time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339),
"trace_id": traceID,
})
}
}()
c.Next()
}
}
func main() {
zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = time.RFC3339
logger := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().Timestamp().Caller().Logger()
logger = logger.Hook(TracingHook{})
log.Logger = logger
r := gin.New()
r.Use(ZeroLogMiddleware())
r.Use(ZeroLogRecovery())
r.GET("/ping", func(c *gin.Context) {
log.Info().Ctx(c.Request.Context()).Msg("get a ping request")
time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
c.String(200, "pong")
})
r.GET("/panic", func(c *gin.Context) {
log.Info().Ctx(c.Request.Context()).Msg("get a panic request")
panic("something went wrong")
})
r.Run("127.0.0.1:10000")
}
請求測試,可以看到響應頭中已經包含了 TraceID:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:10000/ping -v
* Trying 127.0.0.1:10000...
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 10000
* using HTTP/1.x
> GET /ping HTTP/1.1
> Host: 127.0.0.1:10000
> User-Agent: curl/8.14.1
> Accept: */*
>
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
< X-Trace-Id: 22c92423-2e95-4ded-934f-f0fd51f36cc7
< Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:13:40 GMT
< Content-Length: 4
<
* Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
pong
在服務端日誌中也能看到對應的日誌記錄:
{"level":"info","time":"2026-03-11T00:13:38+08:00","caller":"/home/rainux/Documents/workspace/go-dev/zerolog-exp/main.go:63","traceId":"22c92423-2e95-4ded-934f-f0fd51f36cc7","message":"get a ping request"}
{"level":"info","method":"GET","path":"/ping","remote_addr":"127.0.0.1:56540","status":200,"response_size":4,"latency":2001.158295,"time":"2026-03-11T00:13:40+08:00"}
再試試異常恢復功能:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:10000/panic -v
* Trying 127.0.0.1:10000...
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 10000
* using HTTP/1.x
> GET /panic HTTP/1.1
> Host: 127.0.0.1:10000
> User-Agent: curl/8.14.1
> Accept: */*
>
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< X-Trace-Id: 384ddafe-2434-433f-8fa4-883fda1580f3
< Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:34:44 GMT
< Content-Length: 144
<
* Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
{"code":500,"data":null,"msg":"Internal Server Error","timestamp":"2026-03-11T00:34:44+08:00","trace_id":"384ddafe-2434-433f-8fa4-883fda1580f3"}
在服務端也能觀察到相應的報錯堆棧信息:
{"level":"error","error":"something went wrong","stack":"goroutine 8 [running]:\nruntime/debug.Stack()\n\truntime/debug/stack.go:26 +0x5e\nmain.main.ZeroLogRecovery.func4.1()\n\tzerolog-exp/main.go:71 +0x105\npanic({0xb26900?, 0xc24a00?})\n\truntime/panic.go:860 +0x13a\nmain.main.func2(0x33b8c231a500)\n\tzerolog-exp/main.go:121 +0x7a\ngithub.com/gin-gonic/gin.(*Context).Next(0x33b8c231a500)\n\tgithub.com/gin-gonic/gin@v1.12.0/context.go:192 +0x5f\nmain.main.ZeroLogRecovery.func4(0x33b8c250ac00?)\n\tzerolog-exp/main.go:97 +0x3f\ngithub.com/gin-gonic/gin.(*Context).Next(0x33b8c231a500)\n\tgithub.com/gin-gonic/gin@v1.12.0/context.go:192 +0x5f\nmain.main.ZeroLogMiddleware.func3(0x33b8c231a500)\n\tzerolog-exp/main.go:46 +0x154\ngithub.com/gin-gonic/gin.(*Context).Next(0x33b8c231a500)\n\tgithub.com/gin-gonic/gin@v1.12.0/context.go:192 +0x5f\ngithub.com/gin-gonic/gin.(*Engine).handleHTTPRequest(0x33b8c2506380, 0x33b8c231a500)\n\tgithub.com/gin-gonic/gin@v1.12.0/gin.go:722 +0x45e\ngithub.com/gin-gonic/gin.(*Engine).ServeHTTP(0x33b8c2506380, {0xc2ba38, 0x33b8c252c000}, 0x33b8c2502500)\n\tgithub.com/gin-gonic/gin@v1.12.0/gin.go:672 +0x1dc\nnet/http.serverHandler.ServeHTTP({0x33b8c23f5dc0?}, {0xc2ba38?, 0x33b8c252c000?}, 0x1?)\n\tnet/http/server.go:3311 +0x8e\nnet/http.(*conn).serve(0x33b8c24ae5a0, {0xc2c0f0, 0x33b8c250aa20})\n\tnet/http/server.go:2073 +0x650\ncreated by net/http.(*Server).Serve in goroutine 1\n\tnet/http/server.go:3464 +0x485\n","request":"GET /panic HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 127.0.0.1:10000\r\nAccept: */*\r\nUser-Agent: curl/8.14.1\r\n\r\n","time":"2026-03-11T00:34:44+08:00","caller":"zerolog-exp/main.go:83","traceId":"384ddafe-2434-433f-8fa4-883fda1580f3","message":"recovery from panic"}
{"level":"info","method":"GET","path":"/panic","remote_addr":"127.0.0.1:42380","status":500,"response_size":144,"latency":0.184455,"time":"2026-03-11T00:34:44+08:00","caller":"zerolog-exp/main.go:52","traceId":"384ddafe-2434-433f-8fa4-883fda1580f3"}