syslog_handler Cookbook

Report and Error handler for Opscode Chef to log the basic essential information.

Example output from an example syslog log file:

Aug  2 17:04:05 web33-x9 chef[13072]: status=success total_resources=171 updated_resources=6 elapsed_time=117.646907

Based roughly on the graphite_handler code from Ian Meyer, Peter Donald, et al.

Requirements

As usual for handlers, the chef_handler cookbook is mandatory (it must be able to be referenced, so in the Chef Server case, it must be uploaded to the server).

Attributes

['chef_client']['handler']['syslog']['identity'] : Syslog lines show as this identity. Type: String. Defaut: 'chef'.
['chef_client']['handler']['syslog']['facility'] : Syslog under this syslog facility. Type: Ruby variable (constant from Syslog::Constants). Default: Syslog::LOG_DAEMON
['chef_client']['handler']['syslog']['fail_priority'] : Syslog as this priority on Chef run failure. Type: Ruby variable (constant from Syslog::Constants). Default: Syslog::LOG_ERR
['chef_client']['handler']['syslog']['success_priority'] : Syslog as this priority on Chef run success. Type: Ruby variable (constant from Syslog::Constants). Default: Syslog::LOG_INFO

Usage

Just include syslog_handler very early (if not first) in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[syslog_handler]"
  ]
}

Contributing

Fork the repository on Github
Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
Write your change
Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

The MIT License (MIT)

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