External Syslog Server

[rdagger]

I see in the documentation that there’s a syslog platform but it looks like it’s only for the local syslog. Is it possible to log to an external syslog server?

[Tinkerer (aka DubhAd on GitHub)]

Configure your local syslog system to forward those logs.

[rdagger]

How would you do that on Hassbian?

[Tinkerer (aka DubhAd on GitHub)]

You’d put something like the following in /etc/rsyslog.conf:

*.* @192.168.0.1

That would copy all syslog entries to the remote server at 192.168.0.1. You can limit what it sends, see man rsyslog.conf for details on the configuration file format.

[prezzor]

Is there any way to do this with Hassio?

[Tinkerer (aka DubhAd on GitHub)]

Short answer - no

[Sir_Goodenough ((SG) WhatAreWeFixing.Today)]

Anyone with the brains and desire to write an add-in for this I would certainly use it.
I would think it be a no-brainer to get those logs off the PI and somewhere else.
Even Tasmota has a way to do that.

[Tinkerer (aka DubhAd on GitHub)]

Open a feature request in the Feature Requests section

[Sir_Goodenough ((SG) WhatAreWeFixing.Today)]

Thanks.
I haven’t posted in here much, mostly lurked, but I took your advice and did this.
Feature request is in, please vote it up!

[niro1987 (Niels)]

URL to the request?

[timdonovanuk]

Please go add your thoughts to this ticket https://github.com/home-assistant/supervisor/issues/1783

Given that syslog is so prevelant, and the bleeding obvious benefits to supporting it in HA, my suggestion of supporting it was shot down ridiculously quickly without a second thought by HA maintainers, but maybe some additional comments would help revive it.

[danielo515 (Daniel Rodríguez Rivero)]

That issue has been abruptly closed because reasons.
Seems that some members of home assistant team do not like enhancements propositions and do not care about medium to advanced users.

[ciscojunkie]

Looks like that was closed since it would be a feature request, which looks like has been done here:

Export logs to a remote syslog

I think as any system running in a network, Hassio should support the possibility to send all logs and data to a remote syslog. As I understand, today hassio only supports a local syslog, which is really not sufficient enough. I think Hassio should support a remote syslog server, both for normal OS logs but also authentication and all logs of what happens in the system. This means this option needs to support all logs events that are in the system. This could very well be an add-on that sup…

[P4SQL]

Any way to support your feature request? This function is vital for knowing what’s happening on all systems running in a (home) network and to get some insights too.