RE: SyslogAppender with tcp

[Kamal Ahmed]

Pramodh,

My guess would be the initialize() method in Syslog class , and replace the
usage of DatagramSocket, e.g.
                
                try {
                        this.socket = new DatagramSocket();


with something similar to the one in SocketAppender, ref:
http://logback.qos.ch/xref/ch/qos/logback/access/net/SocketAppender.html

I am not sure, if you really want to rewrite syslogAppender this way, since,
if you use the config.xml file, you can use TCP (much easier that way)

Let me know your thoughts on this...

-Kamal.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pramodh Peddi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:11 PM
To: Log4J Users List
Subject: RE: SyslogAppender with tcp

Kamal,

Thanks for the response. At which point do I make it to explicitly use
TCP protocol in your recipe/suggestion?

Thanks,

-Pramodh. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kamal Ahmed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:43 PM
To: Log4J Users List
Subject: RE: SyslogAppender with tcp

Here is the recipe:

   1. Extend the AppenderSkeleton abstract class.

   2. Specify whether your appender requires a layout.

   3. If some properties must be activated simultaneously, do it within
the
activateOptions() method.

   4. Implement the close() method. It must set the value of the closed
field to true. Remember to release any resources.

   5. Optionally, specify the default ErrorHandler object to use.

   6. Code the append() method. This method is responsible for appending
the
logging events and for calling error handlers if an error occurs.

Basically write your own syslog appender.

Or use XML. Config

-Kamal.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pramodh Peddi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 3:50 PM
To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
Subject: SyslogAppender with tcp

Hi,

I am using log4j for logging and doing syslogging to the localhost using
SyslogAppender. I am NOT using configuration/XML file to specify log4j
settings. I am using java code to provide settings. Things are working
fine except that I want to use tcp while syslogging. I am assuming
default is UDP protocol for syslogging. Is there any way I can specify
log4j to use tcp using java code (not in xml/configuration)? 

This is my current java code for syslog initialization....

 

****************

    private void initSyslog(){

 

        try{

            PatternLayout layout = new PatternLayout("%d| %c %-6p [%t]:
%m.%n");

            SyslogAppender syslogApp = new SyslogAppender(layout,
SyslogAppender. LOG_LOCAL0);//[1]

            syslogApp.setSyslogHost("localhost");

            addAppender(syslogApp);

            setLevel(Level.DEBUG);

        }catch(Exception e){

            System.out.println("Unable to configure SyslogAppender");

        }

    }//initSyslog

*****************

 

[1] Should I use different constant/syslogfacility? If so what? 

Is there any other way to make the syslogappender explicitly use tcp?

 

Thanks,

 

-Pramodh.

 


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