bunyan-tcp

TCP transport for Bunyan with reconnection.

Quick start:

var tcpStream = bunyanTcp.createBunyanStream({
  server: 'my.logging.server',
  port: 1234,
});

var log = bunyan.createLogger({
    name: 'log',
    streams: [
        {
          level: 'info',
          stream: tcpStream,
          type: 'raw',
          closeOnExit: true
        }
    ]
});

Options

| Name | Description | Default | |------|-------------|---------| | server (required) | The host to connect to | none | | port (required) | The server port to connect to | none | | reconnectDelay | Time to pause between disconnect and reconnect (in ms) | 5000ms | | offlineBuffer | Number of messages to buffer while disconnected | 100 messages | | transform | A function that takes a bunyan event and returns a JSON object that will be serialized to the remote server | identity |

Events

| Name | Description | Arguments |------|-------------|----------| | connecting | Emitted when the stream attempts a connection | Number of unsuccessful connection attempts | connect | Emitted on successful connection | Number of successful connections during the life of this process. | disconnect | Got disconnected from the remote server | none | dropped_messages | Emitted when the stream reconnects if some events have been discarded to stay in buffer limits | Number of dropped messages.

Methods

| Name | Description |------|------------| | connect | If previously closed, attempts to reconnect. This is called on instantiation. | close | Disconnect from the remote server | bufferedMessageCount | If currently disconnected, the number of messages in offline buffer | droppedMessageCount | If currently disconnected, number of messages that have been discarded