go-syslogd

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go-syslogd

Syslog daemon written in golang which also provides named pipes (FIFO)

This daemon will collect written logs and syslog messages and writes them to STDOUT and STDERR (eg. for usage in Docker)

Inspired by https://github.com/abrander/logpipe

Usage

Usage:
  go-syslogd [OPTIONS]

Application Options:
  -c, --configuration= Configuration file (yml) (default: /etc/go-syslog.yml)
  -V, --version        show version and exit
      --dumpversion    show only version number and exit

Help Options:
  -h, --help           Show this help message

Configuration

see etc/go-syslog.yml for an example.

Installation

GOSYSLOGD_VERSION=0.2.1 \
&& wget -O /etc/go-syslog.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webdevops/go-syslogd/master/etc/go-syslog.yml \
&& wget -O /usr/local/bin/go-syslogd https://github.com/webdevops/go-syslogd/releases/download/GOSYSLOGD_VERSION/go-syslogd-64-linux \
&& chmod +x /usr/local/bin/go-syslogd

Docker images

Image	Description
webdevops/go-syslogd:latest	Latest release, binary only
webdevops/go-syslogd:master	Current development version in branch master, with golang runtime