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GELF UDP logs

Starting wigh version 6.5, FastTrak can log to a GELF UDP logging system, where all log messages are sent via UDP on GELF V 1.1 format to a centralized log management system. Examples of such systems are Splunk, Graylog and ELK.

 

Settings

The UDP targes are specified in the logging.ini file (see .\LOGS directory) file in the Global section with the following syntax:

 

LogServer=udp:gelf:<ip-address>:<udp port>

 

Multiple UDP targes can be specified in a comma separated list like the example below.

 

[Global]

LogServer=udp:gelf:10.1.1.95:5555,udp:gelf:10.1.1.92:5556

 

References

GELF fomat specification: http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.1/pages/gelf.html. Note that messages are sent uncompressed.