https://github.com/cirocosta/syslog-send

Send syslog messages using go's log/syslog package
https://github.com/cirocosta/syslog-send

go golang rsyslog syslog

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Send syslog messages using go's log/syslog package

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cirocosta/syslog-send
• Owner: cirocosta
• Created: 2018-08-22T21:20:45.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-08-28T01:42:08.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T20:29:01.523Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: go, golang, rsyslog, syslog
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://ops.tips
• Size: 48.8 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# syslog-send

An example of how to use [Golang's `log/syslog` package](https://golang.org/pkg/log/syslog/) to send `syslog` messages to a particular syslog facility.

The repository also includes a sample Docker image that has an `rsyslog` server listening on port 514/udp forwarding any syslog messages sent to it to `stdout`.

## CLI

```

Usage:

  syslog-send [OPTIONS] Message...

Application Options:

      --address=   address of the syslog server (default: 127.0.0.1:514)

      --transport= transport to use (tcp|udp) (default: udp)

      --facility=  name of the syslog facility to send msgs to (default: local0)

      --severity=  severity of the message (default: emerg)

Help Options:

  -h, --help       Show this help message

```

## Example

First, create the `rsyslog` server:

```sh

# The Makefile under the root of this repository

# contain a `docker-compose` file that builds the

# image at `./image` and then runs the container

# with the right port mapping in place.

make run

# Send a message to the rsyslog installation using

# the default parameters.

syslog-send this is a message!

# Check the logs from the rsyslog container to

# verify that we indeed received the message.

docker logs rsyslog

2018-08-22T20:08:59-04:00 Ciros-MacBook-Pro.local custom-tag[61273]: this is a message!

```