mini-syslog

mini-syslog

A minimalistic syslog daemon I use when debugging infrastructure, output is similar to papertrail.

Installation

Either:

go get github.com/christopherobin/mini-syslog

Or download from the release tab on github and put the binary in your path.

Usage

usage: mini-syslog [<flags>]

Mini-Syslog with papertrail-like output

Flags:
      --help               Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
  -b, --bind=":1514"       What IP:Port to bind to
  -p, --protocol=udp       Which protocol to use
      --color              Enable colors
  -t, --template=TEMPLATE  Override output template

Templating

The template system uses go templates and takes the actual syslog message as a map, standards fields provided in the message are:

• content
• tag
• app_name
• proc_id
• msg_id
• structured_data
• client
• severity
• timestamp
• version
• hostname
• message
• priority
• facility

A couple helper functions are also provided:

• severity: Transforms severity integer to colored string
• bold: Makes text bold
• blue: Makes text blue
• gray: Makes text gray
• green: Makes text green
• red: Makes text red
• yellow: Makes text yellow

Default template

{{ .timestamp }} [{{ severity .severity }}] {{ yellow .hostname }} {{ or .app_name .tag | blue }}: {{ or .message .content }}

License

MIT