syslog2-installer

Small script to install papertrail's remote_syslog2into a unix system

Requirement

Installation directories are strictly unix based Tested on Ubuntu 14.04

Installation

sudo bash<( curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jellene4eva/syslog2-installer/master/install.sh )

• Downloads and extract tar.gz from remote_syslog2/releases
• Copy the precompiled remote_syslog2 into /usr/local/bin
• Downloads and insert remote_syslog's init.d configuration into /etc/init.d/remote_syslog
• Update system to start service automatically during reboot
• Export remote_syslog command to PATH
• Copies example_config.yml provided into default /etc/log_files.yml and opens it
• Restarts the service
• Deletes the tmp dir

#Config After installing the config file, it will ask to edit your config file. See more at: remote_syslog2/examples

files:
 - /var/log/nginx/error.log
 - /var/log/mysql/error.log
 - /home/deploy/log/production.log
destination:
  host: logs.papertrailapp.com
  port: 12345
  protocol: tls