FluentD Output & Formatter Plugins: Syslog RFC5424
Formatter plugin adheres to RFC5424.
Output plugin adheres to RFC6587 and RFC5424.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'fluentd_syslog_rfc5424'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install fluentd_syslog_rfc5424
Output Usage
<match **>
@type syslog_rfc5424
host SYSLOG-HOST
port SYSLOG-PORT
<buffer>
@type memory
flush_interval 10s
</buffer>
</match>
Configuration
name | type | description |
---|---|---|
host | string | syslog target host |
port | integer | syslog target port |
transport | string | transport protocol (tls [default], udp, or tcp) |
insecure | boolean | skip ssl validation |
trusted_ca_path | string | file path to ca to trust |
Format Section
Defaults to syslog_rfc5424
name | type | description |
---|---|---|
rfc6587_message_size | boolean | prepends message length for syslog transmission (true by default) |
hostname_field | string | sets host name in syslog from field in fluentd, delimited by '.' (default hostname) |
app_name_field | string | sets app name in syslog from field in fluentd, delimited by '.' (default app_name) |
proc_id_field | string | sets proc id in syslog from field in fluentd, delimited by '.' (default proc_id) |
message_id_field | string | sets msg id in syslog from field in fluentd, delimited by '.' (default message_id) |
structured_data_field | string | sets structured data in syslog from field in fluentd, delimited by '.' (default structured_data) |
log_field | string | sets log in syslog from field in fluentd, delimited by '.' (default log) |
Formatter Usage
<match **>
@type syslog_rfc5424
<format>
@type syslog_rfc5424
app_name_field example.custom_field_1
proc_id_field example.custom_field_2
</format>
</match>
Development
After checking out the repo, run bundle install
to install dependencies. Then, run bundle exec rake
to run the tests. You can also run bundle console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in fluentd_syslog_rfc5424.gemspec
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/cloudfoundry/fluentd_syslog_rfc5424.
Publishing
(these steps happen automatically in this pipeline: https://release-integration.ci.cf-app.com/teams/main/pipelines/cf-k8s-logging-validation)
- Run tests
bundle exec rake
- Push changes
- Create & push git tag with version
- Change version in
.gemspec
- Build gem
gem build fluent-plugin-syslog_rfc5424
- Push
.gem
file to rubygems