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# Lumberjack::Dispatcher::Syslog A Syslog dispatcher for the Lumberjack logger  ## Synopsis ```raku use Lumberjack; use Lumberjack::Dispatcher::Syslog; # Add the syslog dispatcher Lumberjack.dispatchers.append: Lumberjack::Dispatcher::Syslog.new; class MyClass does Lumberjack::Logger { method start() { self.log-info("Starting ..."); ... } method do-stuff() { self.log-debug("Doing stuff ..."); ... if $something-went-wrong { self.log-error("Something went wrong"); } } method stop() { ... self.log-info("Stopped."); } } MyClass.log-level = Lumberjack::Debug; ``` ## Description This provides a dispatcher for [Lumberjack](https://github.com/jonathanstowe/Lumberjack) which allows you to log to your system's `syslog` facility, this may log to various log files in, for instance, `/var/log` depending on the configuration of the syslog daemon. Because the actual logging daemon being used may differ from system to system (there is syslog-ng, rsyslog, syslog "classic" etc,) you will need to refer to the local documentation or a system administrator to determine the actual logging behaviour. Some systems may for instance just drop "debug" or "trace" messages in the default configuration (or put them in separate files.) ## Installation Assuming you have got a working installation of Rakudo you should be able to install this with *zef*: zef install Lumberjack::Dispatcher::Syslog Or if you have a local clone of the code: zef install . ## Support This in itself is very simple, it is likely that the configuration of the syslog itself is more of a challenge and you should refer to the configuration or documentation of the local syslog installation in the first instance if things aren't being logged as you expect. You may also want to check the documentation for Lumberjack itself as well as Log::Syslog::Native which this uses to send the messages. If you have any problems or suggestions for the module itself then please feel free to post at https://github.com/jonathanstowe/Lumberjack-Dispatcher-Syslog/issues ## Licence and copyright This is free software. Please see the [LICENCE](LICENCE) file in the repository. © Jonathan Stowe, 2016 - 2021