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syslogger - Log messages in the syslog¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
- Status

Synopsis ¶

Uses syslog to add log entries to the host.
Can specify facility and priority.

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
facility	no	daemon	kern user mail daemon auth lpr news uucp cron syslog local0 local1 local2 local3 local4 local5 local6 local7	Set the log facility
log_pid	no	no	yes no	Log the pid in brackets
msg	yes			This is the message to place in syslog
priority	no	info	emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug	Set the log priority

Examples ¶

# Full example
- name: Test syslog
  syslogger:
    msg: "Hello from ansible"
    priority: "err"
    facility: "daemon"
    log_pid: true

# Basic usage
- name: Simple Usage
  syslogger:
    msg: "I will end up as daemon.info"

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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