Blue Prism Syslog Message Example

A Blue Prism Release Package containing an example Visual Business Object (VBO) and Process to demonstrate sending messages to a Syslog Server using the open source SyslogNet client library for .NET. Supports both RFC 3164 and RFC 5424 Syslog standards.

The Release Package was created with Blue Prism 6.4.

Getting Started

In order to send messages to Syslog, you must have a Syslog Server setup and configured. You will need its IP address and UDP Port number to send messages.

Installing

Download the Example Blue Prism Package

1. Launch Blue Prism
2. Click File -> Import
3. Select the 'ShmoopySoftBluePrismSyslogMessageExample.bprelease' Release Package
4. Follow the Blue Prism import wizard to install the package

Make sure that the SyslogNet.Client.dll library is installed in the default Blue Prism installation folder, usually: C:\Program Files\Blue Prism Limited\Blue Prism Automate

Configuration

1. In Object Studio, open the object named 'Syslog'
2. Make sure the 'Initialise' page is displayed
3. Edit the 'gvSyslogServer' data item with the IP address of your Syslog server
4. Edit the 'gvSyslogPort' data item with the Syslog server port number (usually 514 for UDP)
5. Edit the 'gvAppName' data item with the name of the Syslog AppName to send the message to
6. Save the object.

Running

1. In Process Studio, open the process named 'Syslog Process'
2. Make sure the 'Main' page is displayed
3. Edit the 'vProcId' and 'vMsgId' data items if sending an RFC 5424 message
4. Edit the 'colStructuredDataElements' collection is sending an RFC 5424 message
5. Edit the 'vMessageText' data item to set the message text you want to send (RFC 3164 and RFC 5424)
6. Save the process.
7. Click the Run button, or press F5

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

• https://github.com/emertechie/SyslogNet