diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 3e0e0d5559..89ee3672d3 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -569,6 +569,19 @@ function vercmp {
     esac
 }
 
+# This sets up defaults we like in devstack for logging for tracking
+# down issues, and makes sure everything is done the same between
+# projects.
+function setup_logging {
+    local conf_file=$1
+    local other_cond=${2:-"False"}
+    if [ "$LOG_COLOR" == "True" ] && [ "$SYSLOG" == "False" ] && [ "$other_cond" == "False" ]; then
+        setup_colorized_logging $conf_file
+    else
+        setup_standard_logging_identity $conf_file
+    fi
+}
+
 # This function sets log formatting options for colorizing log
 # output to stdout. It is meant to be called by lib modules.
 # The last two parameters are optional and can be used to specify
@@ -588,6 +601,11 @@ function setup_colorized_logging {
     iniset $conf_file $conf_section logging_exception_prefix "%(color)s%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d TRACE %(name)s %(instance)s"
 }
 
+function setup_standard_logging_identity {
+    local conf_file=$1
+    iniset $conf_file DEFAULT logging_user_identity_format "%(project_name)s %(user_name)s"
+}
+
 # These functions are provided for basic fall-back functionality for
 # projects that include parts of DevStack (Grenade).  stack.sh will
 # override these with more specific versions for DevStack (with fancy
diff --git a/lib/cinder b/lib/cinder
index cf5bb25cfe..870ee0b905 100644
--- a/lib/cinder
+++ b/lib/cinder
@@ -333,12 +333,7 @@ function configure_cinder {
     iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT volume_clear $CINDER_VOLUME_CLEAR
 
     # Format logging
-    if [ "$LOG_COLOR" == "True" ] && [ "$SYSLOG" == "False" ] && [ "$CINDER_USE_MOD_WSGI" == "False" ]; then
-        setup_colorized_logging $CINDER_CONF
-    else
-        # Set req-id, project-name and resource in log format
-        iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT logging_context_format_string "%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(project_name)s] %(resource)s%(message)s"
-    fi
+    setup_logging $CINDER_CONF $CINDER_USE_MOD_WSGI
 
     if [ "$CINDER_USE_MOD_WSGI" == "True" ]; then
         _cinder_config_apache_wsgi
diff --git a/lib/glance b/lib/glance
index 17361143df..26c41507ed 100644
--- a/lib/glance
+++ b/lib/glance
@@ -229,10 +229,8 @@ function configure_glance {
     fi
 
     # Format logging
-    if [ "$LOG_COLOR" == "True" ] && [ "$SYSLOG" == "False" ]; then
-        setup_colorized_logging $GLANCE_API_CONF
-        setup_colorized_logging $GLANCE_REGISTRY_CONF
-    fi
+    setup_logging $GLANCE_API_CONF
+    setup_logging $GLANCE_REGISTRY_CONF
 
     cp -p $GLANCE_DIR/etc/glance-registry-paste.ini $GLANCE_REGISTRY_PASTE_INI
 
@@ -273,7 +271,7 @@ function configure_glance {
     if is_service_enabled g-glare; then
         local dburl
         dburl=`database_connection_url glance`
-        setup_colorized_logging $GLANCE_GLARE_CONF
+        setup_logging $GLANCE_GLARE_CONF
         iniset $GLANCE_GLARE_CONF DEFAULT debug $ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL
         iniset $GLANCE_GLARE_CONF DEFAULT bind_host $GLANCE_SERVICE_LISTEN_ADDRESS
         iniset $GLANCE_GLARE_CONF DEFAULT bind_port $GLANCE_GLARE_PORT
diff --git a/lib/neutron-legacy b/lib/neutron-legacy
index cf59b2d6dd..5ec61f9645 100644
--- a/lib/neutron-legacy
+++ b/lib/neutron-legacy
@@ -732,12 +732,7 @@ function _configure_neutron_common {
     fi
 
     # Format logging
-    if [ "$LOG_COLOR" == "True" ] && [ "$SYSLOG" == "False" ]; then
-        setup_colorized_logging $NEUTRON_CONF
-    else
-        # Show user_name and project_name by default like in nova
-        iniset $NEUTRON_CONF DEFAULT logging_user_identity_format "%(user_name)s %(project_name)s"
-    fi
+    setup_logging $NEUTRON_CONF
 
     if is_service_enabled tls-proxy; then
         # Set the service port for a proxy to take the original
diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 617cf5c3aa..c47f81a530 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -519,12 +519,8 @@ function create_nova_conf {
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT force_config_drive "$FORCE_CONFIG_DRIVE"
     fi
     # Format logging
-    if [ "$LOG_COLOR" == "True" ] && [ "$SYSLOG" == "False" ] && [ "$NOVA_USE_MOD_WSGI" == "False" ]  ; then
-        setup_colorized_logging $NOVA_CONF
-    else
-        # Show user_name and project_name instead of user_id and project_id
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT logging_user_identity_format "%(user_name)s %(project_name)s"
-    fi
+    setup_logging $NOVA_CONF $NOVA_USE_MOD_WSGI
+
     if [ "$NOVA_USE_MOD_WSGI" == "True" ]; then
         _config_nova_apache_wsgi
     fi