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Describes how to use the syslog logging driver.
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Syslog logging driver

The syslog logging driver routes logs to a syslog server. The syslog protocol uses a raw string as the log message and supports a limited set of metadata. The syslog message mut be formatted in a specific way to be valid. From a valid message, the receiver can extract the following information:

  • priority: the logging level, such as debug, warning, error, info.
  • timestamp: when the event occurred.
  • hostname: where the event happened.
  • facility: which subsystem logged the message, such as mail or kernel.
  • process name and process ID (PID): The name and ID of the process that generated the log.

The format is defined in RFC 5424 and Docker's syslog driver implements the ABNF reference in the following way:

                TIMESTAMP SP HOSTNAME SP APP-NAME SP PROCID SP MSGID
                    +          +             +           |        +
                    |          |             |           |        |
                    |          |             |           |        |
       +------------+          +----+        |           +----+   +---------+
       v                            v        v                v             v
2017-04-01T17:41:05.616647+08:00 a.vm {taskid:aa,version:} 1787791 {taskid:aa,version:}

Usage

To use the syslog driver as the default logging driver, you can use the --log-driver and --log-opt flags when starting Docker:

dockerd \
  --log-driver syslog \
  --log-opt syslog-address=udp://1.2.3.4:1111

Note: The syslog-address supports both UDP and TCP.

To make the changes persistent, add the toptions to /etc/docker/daemon.json:

{
  "log-driver": "syslog",
  "log-opts":  {
    "syslog": "udp://1.2.3.4:1111"
  }
}

You can set the logging driver for a specific container by using the --log-driver flag to docker create or docker run:

docker run \
      -–log-driver syslog –-log-opt syslog=udp://1.2.3.4:1111 \
      alpine echo hello world

Options

The following logging options are supported for the syslog logging driver:

Option Description Example value
syslog-address The address of an external syslog server. The URI specifier may be `[tcp udp
syslog-facility The syslog facility to use. Can be the number or name for any valid syslog facility. See the syslog documentation. --log-opt syslog-facility=daemon
syslog-tls-ca-cert The absolute path to the trust certificates signed by the CA. Ignored if the address protocol is not tcp+tls. --log-opt syslog-tls-ca-cert=/etc/ca-certificates/custom/ca.pem
syslog-tls-cert The absolute path to the TLS certificate file. Ignored if the address protocol is not tcp+tls. --log-opt syslog-tls-cert=/etc/ca-certificates/custom/cert.pem
syslog-tls-key The absolute path to the TLS key file. Ignored if the address protocol is not tcp+tls. --log-opt syslog-tls-key=/etc/ca-certificates/custom/key.pem
syslog-tls-skip If set to true, TLS verification is skipped when connecting to the syslog daemon. Defaults to false. Ignored if the address protocol is not tcp+tls. --log-opt syslog-tls-skip-verify=true
tag A string that is appended to the APP-NAME in the syslog message. By default, Docker uses the first 12 characters of the container ID to tag log messages. Refer to the log tag option documentation for customizing the log tag format. --log-opt tag=mailer
syslog-format The syslog message format to use. If not specified the local UNIX syslog format is used, without a specified hostname. Specify rfc3164 for the RFC-3164 compatible format, rfc5424 for RFC-5424 compatible format, or rfc5424micro for RFC-5424 compatible format with microsecond timestamp resolution. --log-opt syslog-format=rfc5424micro
labels Applies when starting the Docker daemon. A comma-separated list of logging-related labels this daemon will accept. Used for advanced log tag options. --log-opt labels=production_status,geo
env Applies when starting the Docker daemon. A comma-separated list of logging-related environment variables this daemon will accept. Used for advanced log tag options. --log-opt env=os,customer