Ingest using Syslog

Logs are generated on all Network devices, Axiom Syslog Proxy ships logs to Axiom, acting as a Syslog server.

With Syslog logging system, you can monitor events on your devices and send them directly into Axiom, this also helps you retain your data logs.

The udp log messages is sent on UDP port 514 to the syslog server.

The tcp log messages is sent on TCP port 601 to the syslog server.

Installation

You can Download the Binary releases available on GitHub Releases.

Install using Homebrew

brew tap axiomhq/tap
brew install axiom-syslog-proxy

Install using go get

go get -u github.com/axiomhq/axiom-syslog-proxy/cmd/axiom-syslog-proxy

Install from source

git clone https://github.com/axiomhq/axiom-syslog-proxy.git
cd axiom-syslog-proxy
make build

Pull and Run the Docker image

docker pull axiomhq/axiom-syslog-proxy:latest

Configuration

  • Specify the environmental variables for your Axiom deployment

When using Axiom Selfhost:

AXIOM_URL: URL of the Axiom Deployment to use.

AXIOM_TOKEN: Personal Access or API token. Your personal access or API token can be created under Profile or Settings > API Tokens.

AXIOM_INGEST_DATASET: Dataset to ingest into

Run it:

./axiom-syslog-proxy

Using Docker

docker run -p601:601/tcp -p514:514/udp  \
  -e=AXIOM_TOKEN=<YOUR_AXIOM_TOKEN>     \
  -e=AXIOM_DATASET=<YOUR_AXIOM_DATASET> \
  axiomhq/axiom-syslog-proxy
  • Test it:
echo -n "tcp message" | nc -w1 localhost 601
echo -n "udp message" | nc -u -w1 localhost 514

For more information on Axiom-loki-proxy and how you can propose bug fix, report issues and submit PRs, kindly visit our repository on Github.

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