Syslog Protocol (RFC 5424)
- Category
- Observability and operations
- Docs outline
- 6 sections
Official docs outline
rfc-editor.org- Syslog message format
HEADER, STRUCTURED-DATA and MSG parts.
- PRI: facility and severity
Facility and severity values encoded in PRI.
- Header fields
Version, TIMESTAMP, HOSTNAME, APP-NAME, PROCID, MSGID.
- Structured data
SD-ELEMENT and SD-PARAM syntax.
- Transport over TLS
Syslog over TLS framing.
- Security considerations
Spoofing, replay and sensitive data in logs.
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