log4js-ain2

An Ain2 based Syslog transport for log4js-node.

Installation

1  $ npm install log4js-ain2

Usage

To use this Syslog transport in log4js-node, you simply need to 'npm install' it and add it as an appender

Configuration file example:

1
2{
3	"appenders": [
4		{
5			"type": "log4js-ain2", 
6			"tag": "SYSLOG_TAG", 
7			"facility": "daemon", 
8			"hostname": "SYSLOG_SERVER", 
9			"port": SYSLOG_PORT
10		}
11	]
12} 

Code example:

1
2var log4js = require('log4js');
3
4log4js.configure({
5	appenders: [ 
6		{ 
7			type: 'log4js-ain2', 
8			tag: 'SYSLOG_TAG', 
9			facility: 'daemon', 
10			hostname: 'SYSLOG_SERVER', 
11			port: SYSLOG_PORT
12		}
13	]
14});
15
16var logger = log4js.getLogger('log4js-ain2-tester');
17
18
19logger.trace('trace -Entering cheese testing');
20logger.debug('debug - Got cheese.');
21logger.info('info - Cheese is Gouda.');
22logger.warn('warn - Cheese is quite smelly.');
23logger.error('error -Cheese is too ripe!');
24logger.fatal('fatal - Cheese was breeding ground for listeria.');
25

NOTE: Options are passed through to Ain2

Log Levels

This is the mapping from log4js-node levels to ain2 levels

ALL -> debug
TRACE -> debug
DEBUG -> debug
INFO -> info
WARN -> warn
ERROR -> err
FATAL -> crit

Syslog (ain2) Configuration

See ain2