graylog-labs / svloggelfd

Sends service log messages as UDP/GELF to a Graylog server

Runit GELF integration

Sends service log messages as UDP/GELF to a Graylog server

Installation

Copy svloggelfd binary in the same directory svlogd is installed.

  $ sudo cp svloggelfd /usr/bin/

Edit log/run for the service you want to enable GELF log forwarding

  $ vi /etc/sv/<service name>/log/run

Replace svlogd with svloggelfd for message forwarding

#!/bin/sh
exec svloggelfd -H 127.0.0.1:12201 -s elasticsearch

Combine svlogd and svloggelfd for disk storage and GELF forwarding

#!/bin/sh
exec svloggelfd -H 127.0.0.1:12201 -s elasticsearch -e | svlogd -tt /var/log/graylog/elasticsearch

Options

Parameter	Argument	Description
-H	GELF Host	Load GELF logging module
-s	Source field	Overwrite source field of GELF message
-f	Facility field	Overwrite facility field of GELF message
-t	Tag field	Add an additional tag to every message
-e	-	Echo message back to STDOUT for command chaining

Build

  $ go get github.com/codegangsta/cli
  $ go get github.com/Graylog2/go-gelf/gelf
  $ go build -o svloggelfd src/main.go