node-syslog-client-bsd

Wrapper for https://www.npmjs.com/package/syslog-client package

Install

yarn add node-syslog-client-bsd or npm i node-syslog-client-bsd

Usage

Import package

const SyslogClient = require("node-syslog-client-bsd");

new SyslogClient(IP, [options]);

• IP: IP of your syslog server
• [options]: can be find here : https://www.npmjs.com/package/syslog-client#syslogcreateclienttarget-options

Return new instance of SyslogClient (constructor)

const options = {
  syslogHostname: 'home-api.local',
};

const logClient = new SyslogClient('10.0.0.15', options);

SyslogClient.getClient()

Return the instance of syslog-client based on syslog-client package

SyslogClient.setProgram(program)

sets the program for all calls according to the setter

SyslogClient.resetProgram()

reset the program for all calls according to the reset

SyslogClient.setFacility(facility)

sets the facility for all calls according to the setter

SyslogClient.resetFacility()

reset the facility for all calls according to the reset

log(message, [program], [options])

• message: message to log
• [program]: set the program specific for one log. Default N/A
• [options]: options based on syslog-client options. It overloads what you've already set up

you have access to all these functions depending on the level

logClient.info('Log infos!');
logClient.warning('Log warning!');
logClient.error('Log error!');
logClient.debug('Log debug!');
logClient.emergency('Log emergency!');
logClient.alert('Log alert!');
logClient.critical('Log critical!');
logClient.notice('Log notice!');

Example

You can find an example in ./example/index.js. The screenshot below shows you its result (on an Synology NAS)

Useful links

• https://www.npmjs.com/package/syslog-client
• https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3164.txt
• https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424

Changelog

March 2019

• Init project