SysLog2Seri

This project lets you receive UDP SysLog messages (on port 514 - standard SysLog), and forward it to the Seri logging framework for processing - which can then save it to a rolling log file, print to console or forward to Seq.

Configuration is via the .config file; simply add in the Seri logging entries you need (note that if you wish to use any other targets you will need to recompile).

Log to Console:

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="serilog:using:Console" value="Serilog.Sinks.Console" />
    <add key="serilog:write-to:Console" />

Log to Rolling File:

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="serilog:using:RollingFile" value="Serilog.Sinks.RollingFile" />
    <add key="serilog:write-to:RollingFile.pathFormat" value="log-{Date}.txt" />

The parameters that can be set through the serilog:write-to:RollingFile keys are the method parameters accepted by the WriteTo.RollingFile() configuration method. This means, for example, that the fileSizeLimitBytes parameter can be set with:

    <add key="serilog:write-to:RollingFile.fileSizeLimitBytes" value="1234567" />

Log to SEQ:

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="serilog:using:Seq" value="Serilog.Sinks.Seq" />
    <add key="serilog:write-to:Seq.serverUrl" value="http://localhost:5341" />
    <add key="serilog:write-to:Seq.apiKey" value="[optional API key here]" />

Logging as an Object

One of the benefits of Seri is it's ability to handle objects for logging, which can give much more usable logs - especially with SEQ. If you enable the ParseAsObject (set it true) AppSetting, the string received will attempt to be converted into usable objects before being passed to Seri.

Running

Run SysLog2Seri.exe after updating the .config file; the application will run as a Console Application, or alternatively you can run SysLog2Seri install to install as a System Service. (SysLog2Seri uninstall will remove it). - Thanks to TopShelf :)

Third Party Libraries

The following third party libraries are used by this project:

SeriLog (and varies extensions)

TopShelf