mumblepins/syslog-ng-alpine repository overview

⁠Syslog-ng in Alpine Docker

⁠Basic Info

Minimal syslog-ng container that writes logs to /var/log/syslog-ng/$HOST/$PROGRAM.log.

Modified from karantin2020/docker-syslog-ng⁠, and the balabit docker image's⁠ config file (which isn't included in that build...)

Includes a default config file if none specified, or alternatively use your own by binding /etc/syslog-ng.

Uses Tini for monitoring

Exposed inputs:

• 514/udp
• 601/tcp
• 6514/TLS
• unix socket /var/run/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.sock

Exposed Volumes:

• /var/log/syslog-ng (Actual logging location)
• /var/run/syslog-ng (Unix Socket)
• /etc/syslog-ng (Config File)

⁠Usage

Listen on udp port 514 and save logs to /var/log/syslog-ng:

docker run -d -p 514:514/udp \
    -v /var/log/syslog-ng:/var/log/syslog-ng \
    --name syslog-ng mumblepins/syslog-ng-alpine

⁠Docker-compose example

version: '3'
services:
  syslog-ng:
    container_name: syslog-ng
    build: .
    ports:
      - "514:514"
      - "601:601"
      - "6514:6514"
    volumes:
      - "./syslog-ng/logs:/var/log/syslog-ng"
      - "./syslog-ng/socket:/var/run/syslog-ng"
      - "./syslog-ng/config/:/etc/syslog-ng"