logging-graylog

A graylog appender for the Ruby Logging framework

Description

This gem provides a way to send logs to graylog.This appender is an extension of twp/logging gem.

Installation

The logging framework uses the little-plugger gem based plugin system. All that needs to be done to start using the graylog appender is to install the gem.

      gem install logging-graylog

Usage

This appender logs messages to a GELF server like Graylog2.

     require 'logging'
     Logging.init
     graylog_appenders = Logging.appenders.graylog 'graylog-server'
                                {
                                  server: 'localhost',
                                  level : 'DEBUG'
                                  port: '12201'
                                }
    logger = Logging.logger['example_logger']
    logger.add_appenders \
      graylog_appenders
      Logging.appenders.file('example.log')
      
   logger.info "Hello World"

Logging Appender params

Please check gelf-rb for details

name : 'A name for the graylog logger'

options : 'Some optional params'

• server : The address of the graylog server, default would be localhost

• level : The logging level, Default would be 'DEBUG'

• facility: Default would be 'gelf-rb'

• host The default value is hostname of server from which rails logs are logged. You could override by passing host.