community.general.syslogger – Log messages in the syslog

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.6).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.syslogger.

Synopsis

  • Uses syslog to add log entries to the host.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
facility
string
    Choices:
  • kern
  • user
  • mail
  • daemon ←
  • auth
  • lpr
  • news
  • uucp
  • cron
  • syslog
  • local0
  • local1
  • local2
  • local3
  • local4
  • local5
  • local6
  • local7
Set the log facility.
ident
string
added in 0.2.0 of community.general
Default:
"ansible_syslogger"
Specify the name of application name which is sending the log to syslog.
log_pid
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Log the PID in brackets.
msg
string / required
This is the message to place in syslog.
priority
string
    Choices:
  • emerg
  • alert
  • crit
  • err
  • warning
  • notice
  • info ←
  • debug
Set the log priority.

Examples

- name: Simple Usage
  community.general.syslogger:
    msg: "I will end up as daemon.info"

- name: Send a log message with err priority and user facility with log_pid
  community.general.syslogger:
    msg: "Hello from Ansible"
    priority: "err"
    facility: "user"
    log_pid: true

- name: Specify the name of application which is sending log message
  community.general.syslogger:
    ident: "MyApp"
    msg: "I want to believe"
    priority: "alert"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
facility
string
always
Syslog facility

Sample:
info
ident
string
added in 0.2.0 of community.general
 always
Name of application sending the message to log

Sample:
ansible_syslogger
log_pid
boolean
always
Log PID status

Sample:
True
msg
string
always
Message sent to syslog

Sample:
Hello from Ansible
priority
string
always
Priority level

Sample:
daemon


Authors

  • Tim Rightnour (@garbled1)