SyslogDestination

The syslog endpoint to send logs to when LogDriver is set to Syslog. Include the protocol prefix (e.g., tcp+tls://logs.example.com:1234).

| Default value | "" |

Use Cases

• Set when forwarding application logs to an external log aggregation service such as Papertrail, Datadog, or Loggly
• Set when your organization requires centralized log collection outside of AWS CloudWatch
• Leave blank when using CloudWatch (the default log driver)

Additional Information

This parameter is only used when LogDriver is set to Syslog. If LogDriver is set to CloudWatch or blank, this value is ignored.

The destination must include the protocol prefix. Supported formats include:

• tcp+tls://logs.example.com:1234 -- TCP with TLS encryption (recommended)
• tcp://logs.example.com:1234 -- TCP without encryption
• udp://logs.example.com:1234 -- UDP

$ convox apps params set LogDriver=Syslog SyslogDestination=tcp+tls://logs.example.com:1234

The syslog message format is controlled by the SyslogFormat parameter.

See Also

• LogDriver
• SyslogFormat
• LogRetention
• Syslogs