syslogger - Log messages in the syslog

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

• Uses syslog to add log entries to the host.
• Can specify facility and priority.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
facility	Choices: kern user mail daemon ← auth lpr news uucp cron syslog local0 local1 local2 local3 local4 local5 local6 local7	Set the log facility
log_pid bool	Choices: no ← yes	Log the pid in brackets
msg required		This is the message to place in syslog
priority	Choices: emerg alert crit err warning notice info ← debug	Set the log priority

Examples

# Full example
- name: Test syslog
  syslogger:
    msg: "Hello from ansible"
    priority: "err"
    facility: "daemon"
    log_pid: true

# Basic usage
- name: Simple Usage
  syslogger:
    msg: "I will end up as daemon.info"

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Tim Rightnour (@garbled1)

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