So you mean a <SocketAppender>? The layout is “hardcoded” on SyslogAppender.
On 1/18/16, 7:42 PM, "Gary Gregory" <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >What about using a <SyslogAppender> with a <Rfc5424Layout>? > >Gary > >On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Blake Day <bl...@chewy.com> wrote: > >> It was worth a look, but no. SocketAppender creates an SslSocketManager >> when protocol = SSL. >> >> >> >> >> On 1/18/16, 5:46 PM, "Gary Gregory" <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >I think you might be able to "cheat" by saying protocol="SSL" on the >> >appender... >> > >> >Gary >> > >> >On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Blake Day <bl...@chewy.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> We are trying to achieve RFC5424 message formats over TCP transport >> >> without TLS. >> >> >> >> As you may know, SyslogAppender uses an instance of Rfc5424Layout to >> >> provide the logging layout. That layout takes a parameter called >> >> “useTlsMessageFormat”, which SyslogAppender sets based on whether TLS is >> >> configured. When true, the layout wraps the log event in a >> >> TlsSyslogFrame. TlsSyslogFrame simply prepends a length to the full log >> >> message, but that length is required by syslog-ng to frame RFC5424 >> >> messages. While the RFC for TCP-based transport of the RFC5424 format >> does >> >> not allow for non-TLS connections, some users (like us) would like to >> adopt >> >> the RFC5424 format over TCP *without* TLS. We believe, but have not >> >> tested, that we could do this by simply adding a configuration >> parameter to >> >> the SyslogAppender that allows us to override useTlsMessageFormat to >> true. >> >> >> >> Any thoughts on this change? Have we overlooked an obvious alternative >> to >> >> achieving RFC5424 over TCP without TLS? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Michael Day >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >-- >> >E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> >Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >> ><http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >> >JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >> >Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >> >Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> >Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> >Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> > > > >-- >E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition ><http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >Home: http://garygregory.com/ >Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
