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119 lines
4.1 KiB
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# syslog input plugin
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Collects syslog messages as per RFC5425 or RFC5426.
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It can act as a syslog transport receiver over TLS (or TCP) - ie., RFC5425 - or over UDP - ie., RFC5426.
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This plugin listens for syslog messages following RFC5424 format. When received it parses them extracting metrics.
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### Configuration
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```toml
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[[inputs.syslog]]
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## Specify an ip or hostname with port - eg., tcp://localhost:6514, tcp://10.0.0.1:6514
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## Protocol, address and port to host the syslog receiver.
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## If no host is specified, then localhost is used.
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## If no port is specified, 6514 is used (RFC5425#section-4.1).
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server = "tcp://:6514"
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## TLS Config
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# tls_allowed_cacerts = ["/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"]
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# tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
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# tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
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## Period between keep alive probes.
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## 0 disables keep alive probes.
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## Defaults to the OS configuration.
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## Only applies to stream sockets (e.g. TCP).
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# keep_alive_period = "5m"
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## Maximum number of concurrent connections (default = 0).
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## 0 means unlimited.
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## Only applies to stream sockets (e.g. TCP).
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# max_connections = 1024
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## Read timeout (default = 500ms).
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## 0 means unlimited.
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# read_timeout = 500ms
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## Whether to parse in best effort mode or not (default = false).
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## By default best effort parsing is off.
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# best_effort = false
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## Character to prepend to SD-PARAMs (default = "_").
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## A syslog message can contain multiple parameters and multiple identifiers within structured data section.
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## Eg., [id1 name1="val1" name2="val2"][id2 name1="val1" nameA="valA"]
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## For each combination a field is created.
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## Its name is created concatenating identifier, sdparam_separator, and parameter name.
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# sdparam_separator = "_"
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```
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#### Other configs
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Other available configurations are:
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- `keep_alive_period`, `max_connections` for stream sockets
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- `read_timeout`
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- `best_effort` to tell the parser to work until it is able to do and extract partial but valid info (more [here](https://github.com/influxdata/go-syslog#best-effort-mode))
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- `sdparam_separator` to choose how to separate structured data param name from its structured data identifier
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### Metrics
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- syslog
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- fields
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- **version** (`uint16`)
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- **severity_code** (`int`)
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- **facility_code** (`int`)
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- timestamp (`int`)
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- procid (`string`)
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- msgid (`string`)
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- *sdid* (`bool`)
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- *sdid . sdparam_separator . sdparam_name* (`string`)
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- tags
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- **severity** (`string`)
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- **facility** (`string`)
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- hostname (`string`)
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- appname (`string`)
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The name of fields in _italic_ corresponds to their runtime value.
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The fields/tags which name is in **bold** will always be present when a valid Syslog message has been received.
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### RSYSLOG integration
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The following instructions illustrate how to configure a syslog transport sender as per RFC5425 - ie., using the octect framing technique - via RSYSLOG.
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Install `rsyslog`.
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Give it a configuration - ie., `/etc/rsyslog.conf`.
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```
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$ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging
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$ModLoad imklog # provides kernel logging support
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$ModLoad immark # provides heart-beat logs
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$FileOwner root
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$FileGroup root
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$FileCreateMode 0640
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$DirCreateMode 0755
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$Umask 0022
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$WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog # default location for work (spool) files
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$ActionQueueType LinkedList # use asynchronous processing
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$ActionQueueFileName srvrfwd # set file name, also enables disk mode
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$ActionResumeRetryCount -1 # infinite retries on insert failure
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$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save in-memory data if rsyslog shuts down
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$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
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```
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Specify you want the octet framing technique enabled and the format of each syslog message to follow the RFC5424.
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Create a file - eg., `/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf` - containing:
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```
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*.* @@(o)127.0.0.1:6514;RSYSLOG_SyslogProtocol23Format
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```
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To complete the TLS setup please refer to [rsyslog docs](https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/tutorials/tls.html).
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Notice that this configuration tells `rsyslog` to broadcast messages to `127.0.0.1>6514`.
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So you have to configure this plugin accordingly. |