Resource Type: syslog

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/syslog.rb

Providers:

augeas
rsyslog

Overview

Manages settings in syslog.conf.

Properties

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent
• no_sync

  Whether to omit syncing the file after every logging, ony when action_type is file.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false

Parameters

• action

  The action for the entry.

• action_port

  When action is hostname, the optional port.

• action_protocol

  When action is hostname, the optional protocol.

  Supported values:

  • udp
  • tcp
  • @
  • @@
• action_type

  The type of action: file, hostname, user or program.

• facility

  The syslog facility for the selector.

• lens

  The augeas lens used to parse the file

• level

  The syslog level for the selector.

• name (namevar)

  The name of the resource.

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘syslog` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• target

  The file in which to store the settings, defaults to ‘/etc/syslog.conf`.