Laravel 5.1 Papertrail

app.php

<?php

# file: config/app.php

return [
  
    // ...

    'providers' => [
        //...
        App\Providers\PapertrailServiceProvider::class,
        //...
    ],

    //...
];

papertrail.php

<?php

# file config/papertrail.php

return [
    'only'  => env('PAPERTRAIL_ONLY', 'local'),
    'host'  => env('PAPERTRAIL_HOST'),
    'port'  => env('PAPERTRAIL_PORT'),
];

PapertrailServiceProvider.php

<?php

# file: app/Providers/PapertrailServiceProvider.php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Log\Writer;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter;
use Monolog\Handler\SyslogUdpHandler;

class PapertrailServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register()
    {
        $only = config('papertrail.only');
        $host = config('papertrail.host');
        $port = config('papertrail.port');

        if (app()->environment($only) && ((! empty($host) && $host != 'hostname'))) {
            $mono = app(Writer::class)->getMonolog();

            $syslog = new SyslogUdpHandler($host, $port);
            $syslog->setFormatter(new LineFormatter('%channel%.%level_name%: %message% %extra%', null, true));

            $mono->pushHandler($syslog);
        }
    }
}