Syslogging from Python

syslog.py

import logging
from logging.handlers import SysLogHandler import socket
 
def syslogger(hostname, tag):
    logger = logging.getLogger()
    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
    syslog = SysLogHandler(address=('syslogserver', 514), facility="local4")
    formatter = logging.Formatter(hostname + ' ' + tag + ' %(levelname)s %(message)s')
    syslog.setFormatter(formatter)
    logger.addHandler(syslog)
 
    return logger
 
logger = syslogger(socket.gethostname().lower(), "tag") logger.info("Yaba daba dooo")