Route the syslog through fluentd via UDP

Vagrantfile

@@ -38,13 +38,9 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     systemctl start rsyslog
     systemctl -q enable rsyslog
 
-    # Enable TCP syslog reception
-    sed -i 's/#\$ModLoad imtcp/\$ModLoad imtcp/g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-    sed -i 's/#\$InputTCPServerRun 514/\$InputTCPServerRun 514/g' /etc/rsyslog.conf
-
     # Add rsyslog forwarding option if it does not exist
-    if ! grep -q "#{PRIVATE_NET_IP}:1514" /etc/rsyslog.conf; then
+    if ! grep -q "127.0.0.1:5140" /etc/rsyslog.conf; then
-      echo "*.* @@#{PRIVATE_NET_IP}:1514;RSYSLOG_SyslogProtocol23Format" >> /etc/rsyslog.conf
+      echo "*.* @127.0.0.1:5140" >> /etc/rsyslog.conf
       systemctl restart rsyslog
     fi
 

fluentd/fluent.conf

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
   port 24224
 </source>
 
+<source>
+  @type syslog
+  port 5140
+  tag system
+</source>
+
 <match **>
   @type gelf
   host vagrant_graylog_1

graylog.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 24224:24224
       - 24224:24224/udp
+      - 5140:5140/udp
 
   mongo:
     image: mongo:4.2.2

wordpress.yml

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ services:
        driver: "fluentd"
        options:
         fluentd-address: "tcp://127.0.0.1:24224"
+        # Messages are buffered until the connection is established
+        #fluentd-async-connect: "true"
 
 volumes:
     db_data: {}