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Nodejs utility to read syslog, nginx or apache error log and send them to Graylog or Gelf server via TCP or HTTP
Node.js utility that reads directly from syslog, nginx or apache error log file and send them to a Graylog or Gelf server via TCP or HTTP (TLS or clear).
Install with npm install log2gelf -g
and you're ready to go!
The script is intended to be started on boot to monitor logs effectively. As such, you'll usually want to start it from rc.local
or even using a crontab to make sure it's always running.
log2gelf hostname gelfhost gelfport protocol secure logType logfilepath
# exemple
log2gelf web2 logs.mycompany.com 12201 tcp true syslog /var/log/syslog
hostname
: arbitrary stringgelfhost
: FQDN or ipv4 addressgelfport
: destination portprotocol
: http
or tcp
secure
: boolean indicating if connection is secured (TLS) or clear (GELF server has to be configured adequately)logType
: syslog
, apache
or nginx
logfilepath
: absolute path to log fileJun 26 17:10:26 sd-92316 autossh[1109]: ssh child pid is 20591
[Sun Jun 26 06:25:07.916957 2016] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 28915] AH00163: Apache/2.4.20 (Ubuntu) OpenSSL/1.0.2h configured -- resuming normal operations
2016/06/26 10:08:43 [warn] 28604#28604: no resolver defined to resolve ocsp.int-x3.letsencrypt.org while requesting certificate status, responder: ocsp.int-x3.letsencrypt.org
#!/bin/bash
if ! ps aux | grep -v grep | grep "/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/log2gelf"
then
/usr/bin/log2gelf hostname gelfhost 12201 tcp true syslog /var/log/syslog 2>&1 | logger &
fi
FAQs
Nodejs utility to read syslog, nginx or apache error log and send them to Graylog or Gelf server via TCP or HTTP
We found that log2gelf demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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