logentries-cookbook

DESCRIPTION:

Cookbook to connect syslogging to LogEntries.

• Configures rsyslog to send messages to LogEntries API via TCP
• Creates hosts and logs if they dont already exist
• Sends logs via SSL

REQUIREMENTS:

• rsyslog cookbook

ATTRIBUTES:

node[:logentries][:user_key]            -   The user key provided via the LogEntries UI

node[:logentries][:host_name]           -   The name of the host

node[:logentries][:log_name]            -   The name of the log

node[:logentries][:cert_file]           -   Where to store cert bundle. Defaults to '/opt/ssl/logentries.all.crt'

node[:logentries][:resume_retry_count]  -   Number of times to retry sending failed messages. Defaults to unlimited.

node[:logentries][:queue_disk_space]    -   Maximum disk space for queues. Defaults to 100M.

node[:logentries][:queue_size]          -   Maximum events to queue. Defaults to 100000.

node[:logentries][:queue_file_name]     -   Name of the disk queue. Defaults to 'rsyslog_queue_main'.

node[:logentries][:syslog_selector]     -   The selector to filter which logs are sent to LogEntries. Defaults to *.*

USAGE:

Include the default recipe in your chef run list.