logstash_handler: JSON logs for logstash
This library is provided to allow standard python logging to stream JSON logs to logstash.
Installing
Pip:
pip install logstash_handler
Pypi:
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/logstash_handler
Manual:
python setup.py install
Usage
Json outputs are provided by the LogstashFormatter logging formatter.
import logging from logstash_formatter import LogstashFormatter from logstash_handler import LogstashHandler logger = logging.getLogger() handler = LogstashHandler('localhost', 5000, ssl=False) formatter = LogstashFormatter() handler.setFormatter(formatter) logger.addHandler(handler)
The LogstashHandler takes the following named parameters:
-
host
: host to connect to -
port
: host to connect to -
ssl
: boolean indicating if the stream should be encrypted. Default is True -
keyfile
: The path to the encrypting key -
certfile
: The path to the encrypting certificate