syslog-shipper

Ship logs to a syslog server

[syslog-shipper (master *+$)]$ bin/syslog-shipper -h Usage: bin/syslog-shipper [options] -s HOST:PORT <path_or_glob> [path_or_glob2] [...] If a path begins with '+' each line is sent unmodified to the syslog server. Otherwise, this tool will prefix each line read from the file with a syslog header.

  For example: bin/syslog-shipper -s somehost:514 +/var/log/messages /var/log/apache2/access.syslog

--check-interval, -i : How frequently, in seconds, to check the glob patternsfor new files (default: 5) --exclude, -x <s+>: A pattern to ignore. Wildcard/globs accepted. Can be specified multiple times --server, -s : What syslog server to ship to (uses TCP) --verbose, -v: Verbose mode --ping, -p: Try to connect and quit immediately after --ca-cert, -c : Custom certificate used to verify TLS certificates (implies --tls) --skip-peer-check, -k: When connecting with TLS, do not prompt the user to verify the peer (not recommended, implies --tls) --tls, -t: Connect via tls --config-file, -f : YAML config file (command line options override values in this file) --version, -e: Print version and exit --help, -h: Show this message