On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > I was taking a look at the different syslog output options, and I noticed > that there are a variety of different sinks > (character devices, CDCACM, RAM, etc). However, I was thinking that it > would be useful to have a network sink for > syslog, so that logs could be sent over a network interface and collected > elsewhere. This might be useful for systems > that have small amounts of physical storage but are network connected, or > have a very long up-time. > > What do you think about an implementation of syslog for network capable > devices that achieves this? Are there any big > hurdles I might not be considering (like setting up a connection, using > UDP/TCP, etc)? There would probably have to be a > decently large buffer to avoid slowing down code with blocking send calls. > > What do you think? > > -- > Matteo Golin > I agree that this would be useful! I haven't had a chance to think through the details, like how to setup the connection, etc., but conceptually I think this will be useful. Cheers, Nathan
