https://github.com/nhoad/syslol
The best syslog daemon there is
https://github.com/nhoad/syslol
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The best syslog daemon there is
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/nhoad/syslol
- Owner: nhoad
- License: bsd-3-clause
- Created: 2014-06-13T18:38:18.000Z (about 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2014-06-14T01:01:28.000Z (about 12 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-30T13:51:54.020Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 141 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
Have you ever wanted your error messages in syslog to be more obvious? Or
perhaps you just wished they were a little less boring?
__ _____ _ _ __ ___ _ _ _____ ______ ______ _ ___ _
\ \ / / _ \| | | | \ \ / / \ | \ | |_ _| / ___\ \ / / ___|| | / _ \| |
\ V / | | | | | | \ \ /\ / / _ \ | \| | | | \___ \\ V /\___ \| | | | | | |
| || |_| | |_| | \ V V / ___ \| |\ | | | ___) || | ___) | |__| |_| | |___
|_| \___/ \___/ \_/\_/_/ \_\_| \_| |_| |____/ |_| |____/|_____\___/|_____|
syslol is a syslog daemon that writes any logs with a priority of 4 or below in
the 'big' font from figlet. This is incredibly useful for seeing errors
immediately. Let's look at an example.
This is a normal syslog file:
Jun 14 03:40:42 asdf[14063]: boring message
Jun 14 03:40:43 asdf[14082]: boring message 2
Jun 14 03:40:44 asdf[14102]: boring message 3
Jun 14 03:40:45 asdf[14121]: boring message 4
Jun 14 03:40:45 asdf[14159]: EVERYTHING IS BROKEN
Jun 14 03:40:45 asdf[14140]: boring message 5
Jun 14 03:40:46 asdf[14178]: boring message 6
Jun 14 03:40:47 asdf[14197]: boring message 7
Jun 14 03:40:48 asdf[14216]: boring message 8
Jun 14 03:40:49 asdf[14235]: boring message 9
See how hard that was to notice in the middle of all those lines? It sure took
me a while to see it! Let's look at syslol's output of the same logs...
Jun 14 03:40:42 asdf[14063]: boring message
Jun 14 03:40:43 asdf[14082]: boring message 2
Jun 14 03:40:44 asdf[14102]: boring message 3
Jun 14 03:40:45 asdf[14121]: boring message 4
Jun 14 03:40:45 asdf[14159]:
______ __ __ ______ _____ __ __ _______ _ _ _____ _ _ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ ____ _ __ ______ _ _
| ____| \ \ / / | ____| | __ \ \ \ / / |__ __| | | | | |_ _| | \ | | / ____| |_ _| / ____| | _ \ | __ \ / __ \ | |/ / | ____| | \ | |
| |__ \ \ / / | |__ | |__) | \ \_/ / | | | |__| | | | | \| | | | __ | | | (___ | |_) | | |__) | | | | | | ' / | |__ | \| |
| __| \ \/ / | __| | _ / \ / | | | __ | | | | . ` | | | |_ | | | \___ \ | _ < | _ / | | | | | < | __| | . ` |
| |____ \ / | |____ | | \ \ | | | | | | | | _| |_ | |\ | | |__| | _| |_ ____) | | |_) | | | \ \ | |__| | | . \ | |____ | |\ |
|______| \/ |______| |_| \_\ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_____| |_| \_| \_____| |_____| |_____/ |____/ |_| \_\ \____/ |_|\_\ |______| |_| \_|
Jun 14 03:40:45 asdf[14140]: boring message 5
Jun 14 03:40:46 asdf[14178]: boring message 6
Jun 14 03:40:47 asdf[14197]: boring message 7
Jun 14 03:40:48 asdf[14216]: boring message 8
Jun 14 03:40:49 asdf[14235]: boring message 9
I know which one **I** prefer. I saw the error immediately. I'm sure you'll
agree, this is much better.
syslol is clean and minimal - no config files, no mess. It comes in at exactly
one hundred lines of hand-crafted, beautiful Python code, so you can tweak it
to your needs. You'll be the life of the party if you use syslol.
Testing if syslol is for you is a snap. Simply run syslol.py, specifying the
port to listen on:
$ syslol --port 1514
And in a separate terminal, send some syslol messages to it:
$ logger -i --server 127.0.0.1 --udp -P 1514 "EVERYTHING IS BROKEN" -t asdf -p 0
That about sums it up. Try syslol today!