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: { "appenders": [ { type: 'log4js-ain2', tag: 'SYSLOG_TAG', facility: 'daemon', hostname: 'SYSLOG_SERVER', port: SYSLOG_PORT } ] }

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