go-syslog example

gosyslogexample.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"

    "gopkg.in/mcuadros/go-syslog.v2"
)

func main() {
    channel := make(syslog.LogPartsChannel)
    handler := syslog.NewChannelHandler(channel)

    server := syslog.NewServer()
    server.SetFormat(syslog.RFC5424)
    server.SetHandler(handler)
    server.ListenUDP("0.0.0.0:10514")
    server.ListenTCP("0.0.0.0:10514")
    server.Boot()

    go func(channel syslog.LogPartsChannel) {
        for logParts := range channel {
            fmt.Println(logParts)
        }
    }(channel)

    server.Wait()
}

server

go build -o gosyslogexample gosyslogexample.go
./gosyslogexample

client

$ nc localhost 10514
<165>1 2003-10-11T22:14:15.003Z mymachine.example.com evntslog - ID47 [exampleSDID@32473 iut="3" eventSource="Application" eventID="1011"] BOMAn application event log entry..

This example message are copied from RFC 5424 - The Syslog Protocol