Here's some references for people who don't know log4j and syslog well. http://loggly.com/support/sending-data/logging-from/application-logs/java/
Maybe all we need is someone to add this information to our wiki or maybe this is only a docs improvement? --Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Huang [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 10:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Hari Kannan > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Syslog enhancements > > Hari, > > I echo John's question here. I don't see any requirements on the wiki that > require more than a syslog appender for log4j. What this means is that > whatever is logged to our current log file will get sent to syslog. That's > something someone can configure today on existing releases. Do you have > more use cases? For example, is there anything that should be logged to > syslogs but not in our logs or vice versa? > > --Alex > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Kinsella [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 1:53 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Syslog enhancements > > > > (Changed subject as noted by Alex) > > > > Question - is this feature something beyond using the syslog appender in > > log4j? > > > > One thing I'd like to see is logs using key-vaue pairs. The closer to that > > we > can > > get, the easier it is for me to have the logs consumed by a separate > analytics > > package. > > > > One nitpick - syslog can be udp or tcp. > > > > On Dec 26, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Hari Kannan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > > > > > I wish to propose syslog enhancements in CloudStack - I have added > some > > details > > > here<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/syslog+en > > hancements> along with a JIRA ticket 772 > > > > >
