JarCastingSyslog Java Client
Description
Client library written in Java to send messages to a Syslog server.
SyslogMessageSender: send messages to a Syslog Server. Support implementationsUdpSyslogMessageSender: RFC 3164 - The BSD syslog Protocol and RFC 5426 - Transmission of Syslog Messages over UDPTcpSyslogMessageSender: RFC 6587 - Transmission of Syslog Messages over TCP (including SSL support)TcpSyslogMessageSender: RFC 5425 - Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog (including SSL support)
com.cloudbees.syslog.integration.jul.SyslogHandler: java.util.logging handler to output log messages to a Syslog server.
Release Notes and downloads
See https://github.com/CloudBees-community/syslog-java-client/releases/
Using the Syslog Java Client with Maven
Add the following dependency in your pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.cloudbees</groupId>
<artifactId>syslog-java-client</artifactId>
<version>1.1.7</version>
</dependency>
Sample UDP sender using RFC 3164
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Facility;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.MessageFormat;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Severity;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.sender.UdpSyslogMessageSender;
...
// 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");
// syslog udp usually uses port 514 as per https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3164#page-5
messageSender.setSyslogServerPort(514);
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 5424
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Facility;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.MessageFormat;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Severity;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.sender.UdpSyslogMessageSender;
...
// 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_5424);
// send a Syslog message
messageSender.sendMessage("This is a test message");
Sample TCP sender using RFC 3164
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Facility;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.MessageFormat;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Severity;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.sender.TcpSyslogMessageSender;
...
// 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
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Facility;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.MessageFormat;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Severity;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.sender.TcpSyslogMessageSender;
...
// 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");
Sample TCP over SSL sender using RFC 5425
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Facility;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.MessageFormat;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.Severity;
import com.cloudbees.syslog.sender.TcpSyslogMessageSender;
...
// 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");
// syslog-tls usually uses port 6514 as per https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5425#page-11
messageSender.setSyslogServerPort(6514);
messageSender.setMessageFormat(MessageFormat.RFC_5425);
messageSender.setSsl(true);
// send a Syslog message
messageSender.sendMessage("This is a test message");
