fluentd plugin for streaming logs out to a remote syslog server or syslog SaaS service (like Papertrail)

#Available Plugins:

• out_syslog: registers itself as "syslog", and is the non-buffered implementation, communicating through UDP
• out_syslog_buffered: registers itself as "syslog_buffered", and is the buffered implementation, communicating through TCP

#Plugin Settings: Both plugins have the same configuration options:

• remote_syslog: fqdn or ip of the remote syslog instance
• port: the port, where the remote syslog instance is listening
• hostname: hostname to be set for syslog messages
• remove_tag_prefix: remove tag prefix for tag placeholder.
• tag_key: use the field specified in tag_key from record to set the syslog key
• facility: Syslog log facility
• severity: Syslog log severity
• use_record: Use severity and facility from record if available
• payload_key: Use the field specified in payload_key from record to set payload

#Configuration example:

<match site.*>
  type syslog_buffered
  remote_syslog your.syslog.host
  port 25
  hostname ${hostname}
  facility local0
  severity debug
</match>

Contributors:

• Andrea Spoldi
• deathowl