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Ensure that syslogd has udp sockets enabled: OS X

Rsyslogd documentation can help you on Linux.

You can cheat with netcat :

	sudo nc -lu  514

	./rebar compile
	sudo ./rebar install

A macro helps you to log

Include it:

	-include_lib("syslog/src/syslog.hrl").

Start it:

	application:start(syslog),
	ok = syslog:settings("localhost", 514, user),

You can use default settings, and forget this line.

Use it:

	?SYSLOG_INFO(wombat, "~p is happy", ["Wombat"])

$ syslog
...
Tue Mar 16 18:36:48 192.168.1.101  wombat/test[<0.39.0>]: 47: Wombat is happy

In th log, you've got : application, "/", module, "[", pid, "]: ", line, ":", message

• √ UDP
• _ TCP
• √ destination host
• √ destination port
• √ level
• √ facility