salt.returners.syslog_return

Return data to the host operating system's syslog facility

To use the syslog returner, append '--return syslog' to the salt command.

salt '*' test.ping --return syslog

The following fields can be set in the minion conf file:

syslog.level (optional, Default: LOG_INFO)
syslog.facility (optional, Default: LOG_USER)
syslog.tag (optional, Default: salt-minion)
syslog.options (list, optional, Default: [])

Available levels, facilities, and options can be found in the syslog docs for your python version.

Configuration example:

syslog.level: 'LOG_ERR'
syslog.facility: 'LOG_DAEMON'
syslog.tag: 'mysalt'
syslog.options:
  - LOG_PID

Of course you can also nest the options:

syslog:
  level: 'LOG_ERR'
  facility: 'LOG_DAEMON'
  tag: 'mysalt'
  options:
    - LOG_PID

Alternative configuration values can be used by prefacing the configuration. Any values not found in the alternative configuration will be pulled from the default location:

alternative.syslog.level: 'LOG_WARN'
alternative.syslog.facility: 'LOG_NEWS'

To use the alternative configuration, append --return_config alternative to the salt command.

salt '*' test.ping --return syslog --return_config alternative

To override individual configuration items, append --return_kwargs '{"key:": "value"}' to the salt command.

salt '*' test.ping --return syslog --return_kwargs '{"level": "LOG_DEBUG"}'

salt.returners.syslog_return.prep_jid(nocache=False, passed_jid=None)

Do any work necessary to prepare a JID, including sending a custom id

salt.returners.syslog_return.returner(ret)

Return data to the local syslog