Log alerts to syslog.
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Clone the GitHub repo and run:
$ python setup.py install
Or, to install remotely from GitHub run:
$ pip install git+https://github.com/alerta/alerta-contrib.git#subdirectory=plugins/syslog
Note: If Alerta is installed in a python virtual environment then plugins need to be installed into the same environment for Alerta to dynamically discover them.
Add syslog to the list of enabled PLUGINS in alertad.conf server
configuration file and set plugin-specific variables either in the
server configuration file or as environment variables.
PLUGINS = ['syslog']Default Configuration
SYSLOG_FORMAT = '%(name)s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
SYSLOG_DATE_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
SYSLOG_FACILITY = 'local7'Example Configuration
The defaults are enough for most use-cases or override them in the
alertad.conf configuration file:
PLUGINS = ['reject','syslog']
SYSLOG_FACILITY = 'local0'Nov 21 20:42:37 c9b52479 root[17771]: WARNING - {"origin": "alerta/c9b52479.local", "text": "Instance was terminated unexpectedly", "lastReceiveTime": "2016-11-21T20:42:37.449Z", "receiveTime": "2016-11-21T20:42:37.449Z", "trendIndication": "lessSevere", "rawData": "", "previousSeverity": "major", "event": "InstanceTerminated", "group": "Misc", "severity": "warning", "service": ["AWS"], "id": "2359f60d-4e78-4dfa-b1d8-cb07853ca10a", "environment": "Production", "type": "exceptionAlert", "status": "open", "repeat": false, "tags": [], "createTime": "2016-11-21T20:42:37.383Z", "lastReceiveId": "5fd153a4-6d4c-4d18-9774-5414b8ebe96c", "customer": null, "resource": "i-0000101", "duplicateCount": 0, "correlate": [], "value": "n/a", "timeout": 86400, "attributes": {"ip": "127.0.0.1"}, "history": []}
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- BSD syslog Protocol: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3164.txt
- Syslog Protocol RFC: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424
Copyright (c) 2016 Nick Satterly. Available under the MIT License.