syslogcef 0.1.1

Python library to easily send CEF formatted messages to syslog server

syslogcef

Python library to easily send CEF formatted messages to syslog server.

It uses cefevent to format message payloads and rfc5424-logging-handler to send syslogs.

Install:

pip install syslogcef

Usage:

from syslogcef import SyslogCEFSender

syslog = SyslogCEFSender('10.1.2.3', '514', 'TCP', deviceProduct='MyProgram', deviceVersion='1.0.2')
syslog.register_event('100', 'CPU temp is OK', 0)
syslog.register_event('101', 'CPU temp is rising', 5)
syslog.register_event('102', 'CPU temp is too high', 9, reason="Exceeds 70 degres celsius")

syslog.send('102', message="The CPU temp is 88 degres celsius.", sourceHostName="mydevice.mydomain.com", sourceMacAddress="00:00:ee:00:52:bb")

See cefevent for complete list of fields.