A simple Python module which which is used with the logging module to send messages to a Graylog server. This handler attempts to send log messages to two different Graylog server by default. Those servers are:

A Vagrant file for setting up a virtual machine listening to localhost port 12201 can be found here. A sister project which implements a simple logging library (with Graylog comunication functionality) is dm-graylog-logger.

The module uses only standard Python packages. This module has been tested with Python 2.7 and Python 3.5 and should in principle work with every version in between. However, when using Python 2.7 the future package (containing Python 3.x functionality) must be installed (using e.g. pip):

pip2.7 install future

Install the package by typing the following line in the GraylogHandler directory:

python setup.py install

Alternatively, copy the GraylogHandler directory to the location of your Python application.

Only three lines are required for basic usage of this module:

import logging
from GraylogHandler import GraylogHandler
logging.getLogger().addHandler(GraylogHandler())

All log messages produced using the builtin logger module will now also be sent to Graylog servers running on the local machine and listening on port 12201, e.g.:

logging.error("This is a fatal error!")

Documentation with examples can be found on the ESS wiki: ???