logzio-rsyslogshipper

A lightweight Docker image that runs rsyslog to monitor a running host logs files and ship them over to Logz.io.

The image based on Alpine Linux distribution and have Rsyslog 8.9 installed

Requirements

• A valid Logz.io customer authentication token

How to use this image

The following environment variables are available:

LOGZIO_USER_TOKEN

A valid Logz.io customer authentication token. (required)

LISTENER_HOST

The Logz.io listener address. (optional)

MONITOR_FILE_TYPE

The log type that is being sent. This enables better parsing of your log data. (required)

MONITOR_FILE_PATH

File path to monitor. The file path is **relative** to the mounted/mapped folder.
If missing, the value will default to the mounted folder.
The path can be to a single file or directory. wildcards are allowed only on the file name. 
for more details please see Rsyslog documentation 

CODEC

The file content codec, currntly support text and json, Default to text.

Host file mapping

In order to ship a log file, it has to be mapped to the running container. This is performed with the -v option

-v <log file or directory to ship>:/var/log/logzio

Run it

docker run \
	-d \
	--name rsyslog-shipper \
	-v /PATH/TO/FOLDER:/var/log/logzio \
	-e LOGZIO_USER_TOKEN="USER_TOKEN" \
	-e LISTENER_HOST="LISTENER_ADDRESS" \
	-e MONITOR_FILE_PATH="PATH_TO_LOG_FILE" \
	-e MONITOR_FILE_TYPE="FILE_TYPE" \
	-e CODEC="FILE_CODEC" \
	logzio/logzio-rsyslog-shipper:latest

Exemple

This example monitor all files under the mounted folder.

All file are assumed to be plain text log files.

docker run \
	-d \
	--name rsyslog-shipper \
	-v /var/logs/apache2:/var/log/logzio \
	-e LOGZIO_USER_TOKEN="USER_TOKEN" \
	-e LISTENER_HOST="listener.logz.io" \
	-e MONITOR_FILE_TYPE="apache" \
	logzio/logzio-rsyslog-shipper:latest

This example monitor the myapp log files, The path to the files is relative to the mounted folder.

All file are assumed to be a json log files.

docker run \
	-d \
	--name rsyslog-shipper \
	-v /home/ubuntu/myapp:/var/log/logzio \
	-e LOGZIO_USER_TOKEN="USER_TOKEN" \
	-e LISTENER_HOST="listener-eu.logz.io" \
	-e MONITOR_FILE_PATH="logs/*.json" \
	-e MONITOR_FILE_TYPE="myapp" \
	-e CODEC="json" \
	logzio/logzio-rsyslog-shipper:latest