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+"""
+Copyright (c) 2024 Aiven Ltd
+See LICENSE for details
+"""
+
+from _pytest.logging import LogCaptureFixture
+from karapace.container import KarapaceContainer
+from karapace.logging_setup import configure_logging
+from unittest.mock import patch, call
+
+import logging
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_configure_logging_stdout_handler(caplog: LogCaptureFixture, karapace_container: KarapaceContainer) -> None:
+    config = karapace_container.config().set_config_defaults(
+        {
+            "log_handler": "stdout",
+            "log_level": "WARNING",
+        }
+    )
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="karapace.logging_setup"):
+        with patch("karapace.logging_setup.logging") as mock_logging, patch("karapace.logging_setup.sys") as mock_sys:
+            configure_logging(config=config)
+            mock_logging.assert_has_calls(
+                [
+                    call.StreamHandler(stream=mock_sys.stdout),
+                    call.Formatter("%(name)-20s\t%(threadName)s\t%(levelname)-8s\t%(message)s"),
+                    call.StreamHandler().setFormatter(mock_logging.Formatter.return_value),
+                    call.StreamHandler().setLevel("WARNING"),
+                    call.StreamHandler().set_name(name="karapace"),
+                    call.root.addHandler(mock_logging.StreamHandler.return_value),
+                    call.root.setLevel("WARNING"),
+                ]
+            )
+
+
+def test_configure_logging_systemd_handler(karapace_container: KarapaceContainer) -> None:
+    config = karapace_container.config().set_config_defaults(
+        {
+            "log_handler": "systemd",
+            "log_level": "WARNING",
+        }
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(ModuleNotFoundError):
+        configure_logging(config=config)
+
+
+def test_configure_logging_unknown_handler(caplog: LogCaptureFixture, karapace_container: KarapaceContainer) -> None:
+    config = karapace_container.config().set_config_defaults(
+        {
+            "log_handler": "unknown",
+            "log_level": "DEBUG",
+        }
+    )
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="karapace.logging_setup"):
+        with patch("karapace.logging_setup.logging") as mock_logging:
+            configure_logging(config=config)
+
+            mock_logging.assert_has_calls(
+                [
+                    call.basicConfig(level="DEBUG", format="%(name)-20s\t%(threadName)s\t%(levelname)-8s\t%(message)s"),
+                    call.getLogger(),
+                    call.getLogger().setLevel("DEBUG"),
+                    call.warning("Log handler %s not recognized, root handler not set.", "unknown"),
+                    call.root.setLevel("DEBUG"),
+                ]
+            )
+            for log in caplog.records:
+                assert log.name == "karapace.logging_setup"
+                assert log.levelname == "WARNING"
+                assert log.message == "Log handler unknown not recognized, root handler not set."