syslogudp

NodeSyslogUDP

Syslog client for Node using UDP Heavily based on the node-syslog repo by cloudhead.

installation

npm install syslogudp

synopsis

var syslog = require('syslog');
var logger = syslog.createClient(514, 'localhost');

logger.info("ping!");
logger.log("Danger Wil Robinson!",logger.LOG_WARNING, callback)

logger.close(); // explicitly close the socket

A call to callback sends two parameters - an error object and a string message.

log levels

In increasing order of severity:

• debug
• info
• notice
• warning
• error
• crit
• alert
• emerg

These are available as methods on Client, ex: logger.crit().

You may also call the log method, and pass the level as the 2nd argument:

logger.log('fnord!', syslog.LOG_CRIT);

The default level is info.

references

Aside from the repo noted above, this node documentation was very helpful in getting this up and running.