Destinations for syslog-ng : UDP + Program (Java)

This is just a quick mental note because I keep losing them...

Here are two quick gists that show how to configure destinations within syslog-ng.

UDP Destination

This destination will spew UDP datagram packets:

destination udp_spew { udp("localhost"
   port(8052)
   template("$MSGONLY\n")
   template_escape(no)
); };

Process Destination

This destination will spew log events at a java program:

destination program_spew { program("/opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/java -jar /mnt/foo.jar arg1 arg2"
    template("$MSGONLY\n")
    template_escape(no)
); };;

Connecting the Destination to the Source

For both of these, don't forget to connect it to the source!

log { source(s_sys); ...; destination(program_spew); };