01papertrail.config

# IMPORTANT: this example is potentially out of date. The latest version can be found here: https://github.com/papertrail/remote_syslog2/blob/master/examples/remote_syslog.ebextensions.config

# See http://help.papertrailapp.com/kb/hosting-services/aws-elastic-beanstalk/
# Usage:
# - replace <VERSION> with the version of remote_syslog2 you want to use. Example: .../download/v0.14/remote_syslog_linux_amd64.tar.gz
# - replace <YOUR-TRACKED-FILES> with the files you want to monitor for new log lines. Example:  - /var/log/httpd/access_log
# - replace <YOUR-APP-NAME> with the name of the application
# - replace <YOUR-LOG-DESTINATION> and <YOUR-PORT-NUMBER> with the values shown under log destinations: https://papertrailapp.com/account/destinations

sources:
  /home/ec2-user: https://github.com/papertrail/remote_syslog2/releases/download/<VERSION>/remote_syslog_linux_amd64.tar.gz

files:
  "/etc/log_files.yml":
    mode: "00644"
    owner: root
    group: root
    encoding: plain
    content: |
      files:
        - <YOUR-TRACKED-FILES>
      hostname: <YOUR-APP-NAME>
      destination:
        host: <YOUR-LOG-DESTINATION>
        port: <YOUR-PORT-NUMBER>
        protocol: tls
 
  "/etc/init.d/remote_syslog":
    mode: "00555"
    owner: root
    group: root
    encoding: plain
    content: |
      #!/bin/bash
      #
      # remote_syslog This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
      #               remote_syslog daemon
      #
      # chkconfig: - 58 74
      # description: papertrail/remote_syslog \
      #              https://github.com/papertrail/remote_syslog2/blob/master/examples/remote_syslog.init.d
 
      ### BEGIN INIT INFO
      # Provides: remote_syslog
      # Required-Start: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
      # Required-Stop: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
      # Should-Start: $syslog $named ntpdate
      # Should-Stop: $syslog $named
      # Short-Description: start and stop remote_errolog
      # Description: papertrail/remote_syslog2
      #              https://github.com/papertrail/remote_syslog2/blob/master/examples/remote_syslog.init.d
      ### END INIT INFO
 
      # Source function library.
      . /etc/init.d/functions
 
      # Source networking configuration.
      . /etc/sysconfig/network
       
      prog="/usr/local/bin/remote_syslog"   
      config="/etc/log_files.yml"
      pid_dir="/var/run"
 
      EXTRAOPTIONS=""
 
      pid_file="$pid_dir/remote_syslog.pid"
 
      PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
 
      RETVAL=0
 
      is_running(){
          # Do we have PID-file?
          if [ -f "$pid_file" ]; then
              # Check if proc is running
              pid=`cat "$pid_file" 2> /dev/null`
              if [[ $pid != "" ]]; then
                  exepath=`readlink /proc/"$pid"/exe 2> /dev/null`
                  exe=`basename "$exepath"`
                  if [[ $exe == "remote_syslog" ]]; then
                      # Process is running
                      return 0
                  fi
              fi
          fi
          return 1
      }
 
      start(){
          echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
          unset HOME MAIL USER USERNAME
          $prog -c $config --pid-file=$pid_file $EXTRAOPTIONS
          RETVAL=$?
          echo
          return $RETVAL
      }
 
      stop(){
          echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
          if (is_running); then
            kill `cat $pid_file`
            RETVAL=$?
            echo
            return $RETVAL
          else
            echo "$pid_file not found"
          fi
      }
 
      status(){
          echo -n $"Checking for $pid_file: "
 
          if (is_running); then
            echo "found"
          else
            echo "not found"
          fi
      }
 
      reload(){
          restart
      }
 
      restart(){
          stop
          start
      }
 
      condrestart(){
          is_running && restart
          return 0
      }
 
      # See how we were called.
      case "$1" in
          start)
        start
        ;;
          stop)
        stop
        ;;
          status)
        status
        ;;
          restart)
        restart
        ;;
          reload)
        reload
        ;;
          condrestart)
        condrestart
        ;;
          *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|reload}"
        RETVAL=1
      esac
 
      exit $RETVAL
 
commands:
  00_stop_service:
    command: "/sbin/service remote_syslog stop"
    ignoreErrors: true
    
  01_install_remote_syslog_binary:
    command: "cp /home/ec2-user/remote_syslog/remote_syslog /usr/local/bin"
  
  02_enable_service:
    command: "/sbin/chkconfig remote_syslog on"
 
  03_start_service:
    command: "/sbin/service remote_syslog restart"
    ignoreErrors: true

@aop I think it's just abstracting the version out to avoid having this go out of date too quickly. I chose to put in v0.16 for version after taking a look at the releases page here:

https://github.com/papertrail/remote_syslog2/releases

This config now lives in the remote_syslog2 examples directory.