Driver syslog

Supported keywords:

• facility
• host
• level
• max_peers
• port

Keyword facility

required:    false
scopable:    false
default:     daemon

Description:

The syslog facility to log to.

Keyword host

required:    false
scopable:    false

Default:

localhost if port is set.

Description:

The syslog server host to send logs to.

If neither host nor port are specified and if /dev/log exists, the messages are posted to /dev/log.

Keyword level

required:    false
scopable:    false
candidates:  critical, error, warning, info, debug
default:     info

Description:

The minimum message criticity to feed to syslog.

Setting to critical actually disables the syslog logging, as the agent does not emit messages at this level.

Keyword max_peers

required:    false
scopable:    false
convert:     int

Example:

max_peers=8

Description:

Keyword port

required:    false
scopable:    false
default:     514

Description:

The syslog server port to send logs to.

If neither host nor port are specified and if /dev/log exists, the messages are posted to /dev/log.