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Description
===========

Installs and configures rsyslog for [Loggly](http://www.loggly.com). Makes use of user-provided lists of files and/or directories to create the appropriate rsyslog configuration file.

Requirements
============

Platform
--------

This should work on any linux platform that has rsyslog installed. It has been tested on Ubuntu 12.04.

Attributes
==========

* `node['loggly']['token']` - Your Loggly customer token (required).
* `node['loggly']['dashboard_url']` - The URL of your Loggly (optional).
* `node['loggly']['logfiles']` - A list of individual logfiles to monitor (optional). Each logfile to be monitored is of the format:
    ```
    {

        :filename => "/var/log/filename.log",

        :tag => "tag you want for this logfile",

        :statefile => "unique-name-for-statefile"

    }
    ```
* `node['loggly']['logdirs']` - A list of directories to monitor (optional). The rsyslog.conf template will create an [imfile](http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/imfile.html) block for each file ending in '.log' in that directory. Each logdir in the list is of the format:
    ```
    {

        :directory => "/var/log/directory",

        :tag => "tag for all files in this directory"

    }
    ```

Usage
=====

Include the default recipe in a run list to have rsyslog run. Include your Loggly customer token and any logfiles and directories you want to send data to loggly in the `node['loggly']` attributes. Rsyslog will restart when the specified logfiles or directories change.

Licence and Author
==================

Author:: Ryn Daniels

Copyright:: 2014, GameChanger Media.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

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