Docker Syslog log driver

Using the docker syslog driver to send logs to LOGIQ is quite simple. Details about the docker syslog driver can be found here https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/logging/syslog/​
LOGIQ supports both TLS and non TLS syslog ports using TCP.
Required values
Following fields are required options to be passed to the logdriver
tag - User a human readable string for better readability otherwise the first 12 chars of the container id will be used
syslog-format=rfc3164
syslog-address
Optional values
syslog-tls-cert
syslog-tls-key
syslog-tls-ca-cert
syslog-tls-skip-verify
Using TCP and non TLS port
Sending data from docker to LOGIQ using TCP and non TLS port can be done as below. In the example below, we are going to run a mysql container and have all logs go to LOGIQ server hosted at logiqserver-devtest.example.com
docker run --log-driver syslog \
--log-opt syslog-address=tcp://logiqserver-devtest.example.com:514 \
--log-opt syslog-format=rfc3164 --log-opt tag=mysql --name mysql3 -d mysql
Using TCP and TLS port
When using to connect to LOGIQ TLS port in a secured setup, pass the client certificates to connect to the server
docker run --log-driver syslog \
--log-opt syslog-address=tcp://logiqserver-devtest.example.com:514 \
--log-opt syslog-tls-cert=client.pem --log-opt syslog-tls-key=key.pem \
--log-opt syslog-tls-ca-cert=ca.pem --log-opt syslog-format=rfc3164 \
--log-opt tag=mysql --name mysql3 -d mysql

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