syslog-ng Open Source Edition 3.16 - Release Notes

Posting messages over HTTP

Version 3.7 of syslog-ng OSE can directly post log messages to web services using the HTTP protocol. Error and status messages received from the HTTP server are forwarded to the internal logs of syslog-ng OSE. The current implementation has the following limitations:

• This destination is only supported on the Linux platform.

• Only HTTP connections are supported, HTTPS is not.

• This destination requires Java. For an http destination that does not use Java, see http: Posting messages over HTTP without Java.

@module mod-java

java(
    class-path("/syslog-ng/install_dir/lib/syslog-ng/java-modules/*.jar")
    class-name("org.syslog_ng.http.HTTPDestination")

    option("url", "http://<server-address>:<port-number>")

);

@module mod-java

destination d_http {
    java(
        class-path("/syslog-ng/install_dir/lib/syslog-ng/java-modules/*.jar")
        class-name("org.syslog_ng.http.HTTPDestination")

        option("url", "http://192.168.1.1:80")
    );
};

log
    { source(s_file); destination(d_http); flags(flow-control); };