syslog plugin

influxdb syslog plugin
https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/release-1.10/plugins/inputs/syslog/README.md


$ sudo nano /etc/rsyslog.d/50-telegraf.conf

$ActionQueueType LinkedList # use asynchronous processing
$ActionQueueFileName srvrfwd # set file name, also enables disk mode
$ActionResumeRetryCount -1 # infinite retries on insert failure
$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save in-memory data if rsyslog shuts down

# forward over tcp with octet framing according to RFC 5425
*.* @@(o)127.0.0.1:6514;RSYSLOG_SyslogProtocol23Format

# uncomment to use udp according to RFC 5424
#*.* @127.0.0.1:6514;RSYSLOG_SyslogProtocol23Format


sudo service rsyslog restart


telegraf configuration

[[inputs.syslog]]
server = "tcp://:6514"


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