Syslog

Since Camel 2.6

The Syslog dataformat is used for working with RFC3164 and RFC5424 messages.

This component supports the following:

  • UDP consumption of syslog messages

  • Agnostic data format using either plain String objects or SyslogMessage model objects.

  • Type Converter from/to SyslogMessage and String

  • Integration with the camel-mina component.

  • Integration with the camel-netty component.

  • Encoder and decoder for the Netty Component component.

  • Support for RFC5424 also.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-syslog</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

RFC3164 Syslog protocol

Syslog uses the user datagram protocol (UDP) as its underlying transport layer mechanism. The UDP port that has been assigned to syslog is 514.

To expose a Syslog listener service we reuse the existing Mina Component component or Netty Component where we just use the Rfc3164SyslogDataFormat to marshal and unmarshal messages. Notice that from Camel 2.14 onwards the syslog dataformat is renamed to SyslogDataFormat.

Options

The Syslog dataformat supports 1 options, which are listed below.

Name Default Java Type Description

contentTypeHeader

false

Boolean

Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format if the data format is capable of doing so. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML, or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSON etc.

ND

RFC5424 Syslog protocol

Since Camel 2.14

To expose a Syslog listener service we reuse the existing Mina Component component or Netty Component where we just use the SyslogDataFormat to marshal and unmarshal messages

Exposing a Syslog listener

In our Spring XML file, we configure an endpoint to listen for udp messages on port 10514, note that in netty we disable the defaultCodec, this
will allow a fallback to a NettyTypeConverter and delivers the message as an InputStream:

<camelContext id="myCamel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">

    <dataFormats>
          <syslog id="mySyslog"/>
    </dataFormats>

    <route>
          <from uri="netty:udp://localhost:10514?sync=false&amp;allowDefaultCodec=false"/>
          <unmarshal><custom ref="mySyslog"/></unmarshal>
          <to uri="mock:stop1"/>
    </route>

</camelContext>

The same route using Mina Component

<camelContext id="myCamel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">

    <dataFormats>
          <syslog id="mySyslog"/>
    </dataFormats>

    <route>
          <from uri="mina:udp://localhost:10514"/>
          <unmarshal><custom ref="mySyslog"/></unmarshal>
          <to uri="mock:stop1"/>
    </route>

</camelContext>

Sending syslog messages to a remote destination

<camelContext id="myCamel" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/spring">

    <dataFormats>
        <syslog id="mySyslog"/>
    </dataFormats>

    <route>
        <from uri="direct:syslogMessages"/>
        <marshal><custom ref="mySyslog"/></marshal>
        <to uri="mina:udp://remotehost:10514"/>
    </route>

</camelContext>

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using syslog with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-syslog-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 2 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

camel.dataformat.syslog.content-type-header

Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format if the data format is capable of doing so. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML, or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSON etc.

false

Boolean

camel.dataformat.syslog.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the syslog data format. This is enabled by default.

Boolean
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