| --- |
| title: syslog |
| keywords: |
| - Apache APISIX |
| - API Gateway |
| - Plugin |
| - Syslog |
| description: This document contains information about the Apache APISIX syslog Plugin. |
| --- |
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| |
| ## Description |
| |
| The `syslog` Plugin is used to push logs to a Syslog server. |
| |
| Logs can be set as JSON objects. |
| |
| ## Attributes |
| |
| | Name | Type | Required | Default | Valid values | Description | |
| |------------------|---------|----------|--------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| | host | string | True | | | IP address or the hostname of the Syslog server. | |
| | port | integer | True | | | Target port of the Syslog server. | |
| | name | string | False | "sys logger" | | Identifier for the server. If you use Prometheus to monitor APISIX metrics, the name is exported in `apisix_batch_process_entries`. | |
| | timeout | integer | False | 3000 | [1, ...] | Timeout in ms for the upstream to send data. | |
| | tls | boolean | False | false | | When set to `true` performs TLS verification. | |
| | flush_limit | integer | False | 4096 | [1, ...] | Maximum size of the buffer (KB) and the current message before it is flushed and written to the server. | |
| | drop_limit | integer | False | 1048576 | | Maximum size of the buffer (KB) and the current message before the current message is dropped because of the size limit. | |
| | sock_type | string | False | "tcp" | ["tcp", "udp] | Transport layer protocol to use. | |
| | pool_size | integer | False | 5 | [5, ...] | Keep-alive pool size used by `sock:keepalive`. | |
| | log_format | object | False | | | Log format declared as key value pairs in JSON format. Values only support strings. [APISIX](../apisix-variable.md) or [Nginx](http://nginx.org/en/docs/varindex.html) variables can be used by prefixing the string with `$`. | |
| | include_req_body | boolean | False | false | [false, true] | When set to `true` includes the request body in the log. | |
| | include_req_body_expr | array | False | | | Filter for when the `include_req_body` attribute is set to `true`. Request body is only logged when the expression set here evaluates to `true`. See [lua-resty-expr](https://github.com/api7/lua-resty-expr) for more. | |
| | include_resp_body | boolean | False | false | [false, true] | When set to `true` includes the response body in the log. | |
| | include_resp_body_expr | array | False | | | When the `include_resp_body` attribute is set to `true`, use this to filter based on [lua-resty-expr](https://github.com/api7/lua-resty-expr). If present, only logs the response if the expression evaluates to `true`. | |
| |
| This Plugin supports using batch processors to aggregate and process entries (logs/data) in a batch. This avoids the need for frequently submitting the data. The batch processor submits data every `5` seconds or when the data in the queue reaches `1000`. See [Batch Processor](../batch-processor.md#configuration) for more information or setting your custom configuration. |
| |
| ### meta_format example |
| |
| ```text |
| "<46>1 2024-01-06T02:30:59.145Z 127.0.0.1 apisix 82324 - - {\"response\":{\"status\":200,\"size\":141,\"headers\":{\"content-type\":\"text/plain\",\"server\":\"APISIX/3.7.0\",\"transfer-encoding\":\"chunked\",\"connection\":\"close\"}},\"route_id\":\"1\",\"server\":{\"hostname\":\"baiyundeMacBook-Pro.local\",\"version\":\"3.7.0\"},\"request\":{\"uri\":\"/opentracing\",\"url\":\"http://127.0.0.1:1984/opentracing\",\"querystring\":{},\"method\":\"GET\",\"size\":155,\"headers\":{\"content-type\":\"application/x-www-form-urlencoded\",\"host\":\"127.0.0.1:1984\",\"user-agent\":\"lua-resty-http/0.16.1 (Lua) ngx_lua/10025\"}},\"upstream\":\"127.0.0.1:1982\",\"apisix_latency\":100.99999809265,\"service_id\":\"\",\"upstream_latency\":1,\"start_time\":1704508259044,\"client_ip\":\"127.0.0.1\",\"latency\":101.99999809265}\n" |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Metadata |
| |
| You can also set the format of the logs by configuring the Plugin metadata. The following configurations are available: |
| |
| | Name | Type | Required | Default | Description | |
| | ---------- | ------ | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| | log_format | object | False | | Log format declared as key value pairs in JSON format. Values only support strings. [APISIX](../apisix-variable.md) or [Nginx](http://nginx.org/en/docs/varindex.html) variables can be used by prefixing the string with `$`. | |
| |
| :::info IMPORTANT |
| |
| Configuring the Plugin metadata is global in scope. This means that it will take effect on all Routes and Services which use the `syslog` Plugin. |
| |
| ::: |
| |
| The example below shows how you can configure through the Admin API: |
| |
| :::note |
| You can fetch the `admin_key` from `config.yaml` and save to an environment variable with the following command: |
| |
| ```bash |
| admin_key=$(yq '.deployment.admin.admin_key[0].key' conf/config.yaml | sed 's/"//g') |
| ``` |
| |
| ::: |
| |
| ```shell |
| curl http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/plugin_metadata/syslog -H "X-API-KEY: $admin_key" -X PUT -d ' |
| { |
| "log_format": { |
| "host": "$host", |
| "@timestamp": "$time_iso8601", |
| "client_ip": "$remote_addr" |
| } |
| }' |
| ``` |
| |
| With this configuration, your logs would be formatted as shown below: |
| |
| ```shell |
| {"host":"localhost","@timestamp":"2020-09-23T19:05:05-04:00","client_ip":"127.0.0.1","route_id":"1"} |
| {"host":"localhost","@timestamp":"2020-09-23T19:05:05-04:00","client_ip":"127.0.0.1","route_id":"1"} |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Enable Plugin |
| |
| The example below shows how you can enable the Plugin for a specific Route: |
| |
| ```shell |
| curl http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes/1 -H "X-API-KEY: $admin_key" -X PUT -d ' |
| { |
| "plugins": { |
| "syslog": { |
| "host" : "127.0.0.1", |
| "port" : 5044, |
| "flush_limit" : 1 |
| } |
| }, |
| "upstream": { |
| "type": "roundrobin", |
| "nodes": { |
| "127.0.0.1:1980": 1 |
| } |
| }, |
| "uri": "/hello" |
| }' |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Example usage |
| |
| Now, if you make a request to APISIX, it will be logged in your Syslog server: |
| |
| ```shell |
| curl -i http://127.0.0.1:9080/hello |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Delete Plugin |
| |
| To remove the `syslog` Plugin, you can delete the corresponding JSON configuration from the Plugin configuration. APISIX will automatically reload and you do not have to restart for this to take effect. |
| |
| ```shell |
| curl http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes/1 -H "X-API-KEY: $admin_key" -X PUT -d ' |
| { |
| "methods": ["GET"], |
| "uri": "/hello", |
| "plugins": {}, |
| "upstream": { |
| "type": "roundrobin", |
| "nodes": { |
| "127.0.0.1:1980": 1 |
| } |
| } |
| }' |
| ``` |
