Fluent::Plugin::SyslogTls

A Fluentd output plugin to send logs to various Syslog collectors using TLS (only).

Tested with Papertrail and should also work with Sumologic and likely others.

Installation

$ gem install fluent-plugin-syslog-tls

or

$ td-agent-gem install fluent-plugin-syslog-tls

Note: fluent-plugin-syslog-tls is compatible with Fluent 1.0 (and 0.14). For Fluent 0.12, see the fluent-0.12 branch.

Configuration

In your Fluentd configuration, use @type syslog_tls. Examples:

Sumologic:

<match **>
  @type syslog_tls
  host syslog.collection.us1.sumologic.com
  port 6514
  token 'YOUR-PRIVATE-TOKEN@IANA-ID'
  format json
</match>

Papertrail:

<match **>
  @type syslog_tls
  host logs1.papertrailapp.com
  port 12345
  format single_value
</match>

For more configuration options see configuration docs

Origin/History

This plugin is derived from Fluent::Plugin::SumologicCloudSyslog. Changes are in the Changelog.

License

Except as otherwise noted this software is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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