Graylog GELF Module for Logspout

This module allows Logspout to send Docker logs in the GELF format to Graylog via UDP.

Build

To build, you'll need to fork Logspout, add the following code to modules.go

_ "github.com/micahhausler/logspout-gelf"

and run docker build -t $(whoami)/logspout:gelf

Run

docker run \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    -p 8000:80 \
    micahhausler/logspout:gelf \
    gelf://<graylog_host>:12201

A note about GELF parameters

The following docker container attributes are mapped to the corresponding GELF extra attributes.

{
        "_container_id":   <container-id>,
        "_container_name": <container-name>,
        "_image_id":       <container-image-sha>,
        "_image_name":     <container-image-name>,
        "_command":        <container-cmd>,
        "_created":        <container-created-date>,
        "_swarm_node":     <host-if-running-on-swarm>
}

You can also add extra custom fields by adding labels to the containers.

for example a container with label gelf_service=servicename will have the extra field service

License

MIT. See License