This manual is for the Syslog NodeBrain Module (version 0.2, August 2014) used to send and receive syslog messages.
Copyright © 2014 Ed Trettevik <eat@nodebrain.org>
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The Syslog module implements nodes that send or receive syslog messages.
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. —Socrates (469 BC–399 BC), in "Apology," sct. 21, by Plato
If your sublime messages are delivered via the syslog protocol, you may prefer to use a Syslog node instead of an Audit node. This enables NodeBrain to respond immediately to arriving syslog UDP packets without waiting to poll a log file.
You have a couple options.
You can configure your Syslog node to listen on UDP port 514 on a server that doesn't already have a syslog daemon.
However, if you need (or want) more flexibility, I recommend that you use NodeBrain in combination with syslog-ng.
In that case, you configure NodeBrain to listen on a different port and configure syslog-ng to forward all or selected syslog entries to NodeBrain.
The example below is configured to listen on UDP port 1514, assuming syslog-ng is used to forward syslog to NodeBrain.
#!/usr/local/bin/nb -d
# File: tutorial/Syslog/syslog.nb
-rm syslog.log
set log="syslog.log",out=".";
define syslog node cache(~(h(8))):(~(1h):route,appl,group,node,object,severity,text(1));
syslog. define alarm if(text._hitState):$ -|mail.form ...
... source=tutorial route="${route}" appl="${appl}" group="${group}" ...
... node="${node}" severity="${severity}" text="${text}" >> mail.log
syslog. define audit node syslog("syslog.nbx",1514);
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You should reference the documentation for syslog-ng to see how to configure it to forward to NodeBrain.
Here's an example to get you started.
destination nodebrain { udp("localhost" port(1514)); };
filter f_nodebrain { host("(humpty|dumpty).mydomain.com|franklin.otherdomain.com"); };
log { source(src); filter(f_nodebrain); destination(nodebrain); };
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Refer to the Audit Node tutorial above for a sample syslog.nbx file.
Refer to the Translator Node tutorial for more information on coding a translator.
This section describes commands used with a Syslog node.
The define command is used to create a Syslog node.
Syntax
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The translator arguments may be any cell expression that resolves to a string value containing a filename. The value at definition time is used. A syslog node will not response to or recognize changes to the value of expressions for these parameters.
The translator by convention has a ".nbx" suffix. See "Translators" under the DEFINE command in the NodeBrain Language Reference for instructions on coding translator files.
define syslog node syslog("messages.nbx",1514);
define syslog node syslog("messages.nbx","udp://0.0.0.0:514");
define syslog node syslog("messages.nbx","udp://socket/syslog-foobar");
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Assertions are not supported by this module.
The disable commands may be used to stop the node from listening for syslog messages on the specified port.
disable node |
The enable command may be used to start listening for syslog messages on the specified port.
enable node |
A Syslog node is automatically enabled when an agent goes into background mode (daemonizes). So the enable command is only required if you want to enable it when running in a different mode, or to re-enable the node after it has been disabled.
A trace mode can be toggled on or off to assist in debugging translator rules. When trace is on, lines from the file are displayed when processed.
node:trace
node:notrace
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The Syslog module currently implements no module commands.
All the triggers of a Syslog server node are implemented by the specified translator. A Syslog client node has no triggers.
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