syslogger – Log messages in the syslog

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Ansible/docs/2.7/modules/syslogger module


syslogger – Log messages in the syslog

New in version 2.4.


Synopsis

  • Uses syslog to add log entries to the host.
  • Can specify facility and priority.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

facility

-

  • kern
  • user
  • mail
  • daemon

  • auth
  • lpr
  • news
  • uucp
  • cron
  • syslog
  • local0
  • local1
  • local2
  • local3
  • local4
  • local5
  • local6
  • local7

Set the log facility

log_pid

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Log the pid in brackets

msg

- / required

This is the message to place in syslog

priority

-

  • emerg
  • alert
  • crit
  • err
  • warning
  • notice
  • info

  • debug

Set the log priority



Examples

# Full example
- name: Test syslog
  syslogger:
    msg: "Hello from ansible"
    priority: "err"
    facility: "daemon"
    log_pid: true

# Basic usage
- name: Simple Usage
  syslogger:
    msg: "I will end up as daemon.info"

Status

Authors

  • Tim Rightnour (@garbled1)

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