cloudwatch-to-syslog-server

aiden/cloudwatch-to-syslog-server/aws

Terraform Module HCL AWS

Terraform module to send CloudWatch logs to a syslog server. Compatible with papertrail, logstash, and datadog.

Install

module "cloudwatch-to-syslog-server" {

source = "aiden/cloudwatch-to-syslog-server/aws"

version = "0.0.1"

}

plain text: /constructs/tfmod-aiden-cloudwatch-to-syslog-server-aws/install.txt

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README

cloudwatch-to-syslog-server: A Terraform module to send CloudWatch logs to a syslog server ![Maintained by aiden.ai](https://aiden.ai) ![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/aiden/terraform-aws-cloudwatch-to-syslog-server/tree/master) ![License: MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) ![cloudwatch-to-syslog-server](./docs/cloudwatch-to-syslog-server.svg) cloudwatch-to-syslog-server is a Terraform module that defines an AWS Lambda function to forward the CloudWatch logs of a given log group to a syslog server. Many third-party services offer to collect logs with a syslog server, for instance: - Papertrail - logstash (from the ELK stack) - Datadog Example You can find an example Terraform configuration in the example folder. Why cloudwatch-to-syslog-server? AWS CloudWatch is meant for durable

Inputs (7)

Name	Type	Description	Default
log_group	string	The name of the AWS CloudWatch log group to forward to the syslog server.	required
syslog_server_host	string	The host for the syslog server (e.g., logs5.papertrailapp.com).	required
syslog_server_port	string	The port for the syslog server.	required
name	string	Common name given to the lambda function, the IAM role, the lambda permission st	required
region	string	The AWS region where the AWS CloudWatch Logs are located.	required
account_id	string	The ID of the AWS account where the AWS CloudWatch Logs are located.	required
disable_tls	string	Whether to use TLS or not when communicating with the syslog server.	`"0"`