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Syslog Java Client

Description

Client library written in Java to send messages to a Syslog server.

• SyslogMessageSender: send messages to a Syslog Server. Support implementations
  • UdpSyslogMessageSender: RFC 3164 - The BSD syslog Protocol and RFC 5426 - Transmission of Syslog Messages over UDP
  • TcpSyslogMessageSender: RFC 6587 - Transmission of Syslog Messages over TCP (including SSL support)
• com.cloudbees.syslog.integration.jul.SyslogHandler: java.util.logging handler to output log messages to a Syslog server.

Sample UDP sender using RFC 3164

// Initialise sender
UdpSyslogMessageSender messageSender = new UdpSyslogMessageSender();
messageSender.setDefaultMessageHostName("myhostname"); // some syslog cloud services may use this field to transmit a secret key
messageSender.setDefaultAppName("myapp");
messageSender.setDefaultFacility(Facility.USER);
messageSender.setDefaultSeverity(Severity.INFORMATIONAL);
messageSender.setSyslogServerHostname("127.0.0.1");
messageSender.setSyslogServerPort(1234);
messageSender.setMessageFormat(MessageFormat.RFC_3164); // optional, default is RFC 3164


// send a Syslog message
messageSender.sendMessage("This is a test message");

Sample UDP sender using RFC 3164

// Initialise sender
SyslogMessageUdpSender messageSender = new SyslogMessageUdpSender();
messageSender.setDefaultMessageHostName("myhostname"); // some syslog cloud services may use this field to transmit a secret key
messageSender.setDefaultAppName("myapp");
messageSender.setDefaultFacility(Facility.USER);
messageSender.setDefaultSeverity(Severity.INFORMATIONAL);
messageSender.setSyslogServerHostname("127.0.0.1");
messageSender.setSyslogServerPort(1234);
messageSender.setMessageFormat(MessageFormat.RFC_5424);

// send a Syslog message
messageSender.sendMessage("This is a test message");

Sample TCP sender using RFC 3164

// Initialise sender
TcpSyslogMessageSender messageSender = new TcpSyslogMessageSender();
messageSender.setDefaultMessageHostName("myhostname"); // some syslog cloud services may use this field to transmit a secret key
messageSender.setDefaultAppName("myapp");
messageSender.setDefaultFacility(Facility.USER);
messageSender.setDefaultSeverity(Severity.INFORMATIONAL);
messageSender.setSyslogServerHostname("127.0.0.1");
messageSender.setSyslogServerPort(1234);
messageSender.setMessageFormat(MessageFormat.RFC_3164); // optional, default is RFC 3164
messageSender.setSsl(false);

// send a Syslog message
messageSender.sendMessage("This is a test message");

Sample TCP over SSL sender using RFC 3164

// Initialise sender
TcpSyslogMessageSender messageSender = new TcpSyslogMessageSender();
messageSender.setDefaultMessageHostName("myhostname"); // some syslog cloud services may use this field to transmit a secret key
messageSender.setDefaultAppName("myapp");
messageSender.setDefaultFacility(Facility.USER);
messageSender.setDefaultSeverity(Severity.INFORMATIONAL);
messageSender.setSyslogServerHostname("127.0.0.1");
messageSender.setSyslogServerPort(1234);
messageSender.setMessageFormat(MessageFormat.RFC_3164); // optional, default is RFC 3164
messageSender.setSsl(true);

// send a Syslog message
messageSender.sendMessage("This is a test message");