log4js-logstash-tcp
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This is a copy of the logstashUDP appender but instead sending via UDP send via TCP to avoid the maximum 64k bytes message size with the logstashUDP appender.
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log4js-logstash-tcp
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This is a copy of the logstashUDP appender but instead sending via UDP send via TCP to avoid the maximum 64k bytes message size with the logstashUDP appender
Installation
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You can install log4js-logstash-tcp by adding this .git url to your package.json or do a `npm install log4js-logstash-tcp`
Usage: logstash configuration
-----------------------------
In the "input" part of the logstash server conf :
input {
tcp {
codec => "json"
port => 5050
type => "tcp-input"
}
}
Usage: log4js configuration
---------------------------
Plain javascript
```javascript
var log4js = require('log4js');
log4js.configure({
"appenders": [
{
"category": "tests",
"type": "log4js-logstash-tcp",
"host": "localhost",
"port": 5050,
"fields": {
"instance": "MyAwsInstance",
"source": "myApp",
"environment": "development"
}
},
{
"category": "tests",
"type": "console"
}
],
"levels": {
"tests": "DEBUG"
}
});
var log = log4js.getLogger('tests');
// adding context and add it as additional field to each log entry
log.addContext('customer', {id: 123, name: 'John Doe'});
log.error('hello hello');
```
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