syslog-ng sidecar to send log messages to AWS CloudWatch Logs

gistfile1.txt

# syslog-ng.conf
@version: 3.12

options { chain_hostnames(off); flush_lines(0); use_dns(no); use_fqdn(no);
          owner("root"); group("adm"); perm(0640); stats_freq(0);
          bad_hostname("^gconfd$");
};

source s_src {
       network(
           transport("udp")
           port(514)
       );
       network(
           transport("tcp")
           port(601)
       );
};

destination d_out{
    file("/dev/stdout" template("${MESSAGE}\n"));
};

log{
    source(s_src);
    destination (d_out);
};

####
docker run -it \
    -v "$PWD/syslog-ng.conf":/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf \
    -p 514:514/udp \
    -p 601:601 \
    --rm \
    --name syslog-ng \
    --log-driver=awslogs
    --log-opt awslogs-region=us-east-1
    --log-opt awslogs-group=my-apps
    --log-opt awslogs-stream={{ app_version }}-mycontainer-{{ ec2_instance_id }}
    balabit/syslog-ng:latest