This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan.
Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.
Supported Platforms
Platform
Metrics
Logs
Traces
Linux
✓
Windows
✓
macOS
✓
Configuration Table
Parameter
Type
Default
Description
protocol*
enum
“rfc3164”
The RFC protocol to use when parsing incoming syslog. Valid values are rfc3164 or rfc5424.
connection_type
enum
udp
The transport protocol to use. Valid values are udp or tcp.
data_flow
enum
high
Enable high flow or reduced low flow.
listen_port*
int
5140
The port to bind to and receive syslog. Collector must be running as root (Linux) or Administrator (windows) when binding to a port below 1024.
listen_ip*
string
“0.0.0.0”
The IP address to bind to and receive syslog.
timezone
enum
UTC
RFC3164 only. The timezone to use when parsing timestamps.
enable_octet_counting
bool
false
Whether or not to parse using a trailer character. This is a special character that will be the termination character for syslog messages. This is only applicable to tcp and rfc5424 configurations.
non_transparent_framing_trailer
enum
LF
Whether or not to enable octet counting on syslog framing. This framing allows for the transmission of all characters inside a syslog message. This is only applicable to tcp and rfc5424 configurations.
enable_mutual_tls
bool
false
Whether or not to use mutual TLS.
cert_file
string
Path to the TLS cert to use for TLS-required connections.
key_file
string
Path to the TLS key to use for TLS-required connections.
ca_file
string
When set, enforces mutual TLS authentication and verifies client certificates.
tls_min_version
enum
“1.2”
The minimum TLS version to support. 1.0 and 1.1 should not be considered secure.
