1.0.1 • Published 7 years ago
syslog-server v1.0.1
SyslogServer
NodeJS Syslog Server.
Quickstart
Installation
$ npm install syslog-server
Usage
const SyslogServer = require("syslog-server");
const server = new SyslogServer();
server.on("message", (value) => {
console.log(value.date); // the date/time the message was received
console.log(value.host); // the IP address of the host that sent the message
console.log(value.protocol); // the version of the IP protocol ("IPv4" or "IPv6")
console.log(value.message); // the syslog message
});
server.start();
Functions
.start(options, callback)
options - Optional - The options passed to the server. Supports the following properties:
- port Number - Optional - Defaults to 514.
- address String - Optional - Defaults to "0.0.0.0".
exclusive Boolean - Optional - Defaults to true.
For more informatio on the options object, check NodeJS oficial API documentation.
callback Function - Optional - Callback function called once the server starts, receives an error object as argument should it fail.
The start function returns a Promise.
.stop(callback)
- callback Function - Optional - Callback function called once the server socket is closed, receives an error object as argument should it fail.
The stop function returns a Promise.
.isRunning()
The isRunning function is a synchronous function that returns a boolean value, if the server is ready to receive syslog messages or not.
Events
- start - fired once the server is ready to receive syslog messages
- stop - fired once the server is shutdown
- error - fired whenever an error occur, an error object is passed to the handler function
- message - fired once the server receives a syslog message