Syslog RFC5424

Configure Syslog to ship logs to highlight, formatted in RFC5424.

1

Send syslog logs.

Send syslog logs over TLS to syslog.highlight.io:34302.

echo "<0>1 2021-03-31T16:00:00-08:00 test-service cron-12345 74440 cron-12345 - hello this is a test" | ncat --ssl syslog.highlight.io 34302

2

Verify your backend logs are being recorded.

Visit the highlight logs portal and check that backend logs are coming in.