syslog

facility

scopable False
required False
default daemon
scope order specific > generic

The syslog facility to log to.

host

scopable False
required False
default localhost if port is set
scope order specific > generic

The syslog host to send logs to. If neither host nor port are specified and if /dev/log exists, the messages are posted to /dev/log.

level

scopable False
required False
default info
scope order specific > generic
candidates critical | error | warning | info | debug

The minimum message criticity to feed to syslog. Setting to critical actually disables the syslog logging, as the agent does not emit message at this level.

port

scopable False
required False
default 514
scope order specific > generic

The syslog host to send logs to. If neither host nor port are specified and if /dev/log exists, the messages are posted to /dev/log.