Crate tracing_gelf

Provides a tracing Layer for Graylog structured logging.

Usage

use std::net::SocketAddr;
use tracing_gelf::Logger;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
   // Graylog address
   let address = "127.0.0.1:12201";

   // Initialize subscriber
   let conn_handle = Logger::builder().init_tcp(address).unwrap();

   // Spawn background task
   // Any futures executor can be used
   tokio::spawn(conn_handle.connect());

   // Send a log to Graylog
   tracing::info!(message = "oooh, what's in here?");

   // Create a span
   let span = tracing::info_span!("cave");
   span.in_scope(|| {
       let test = tracing::info_span!("deeper in cave", smell = "damp");
       test.in_scope(|| {
           // Send a log to Graylog, inside a nested span
           tracing::warn!(message = "oh god, it's dark in here");
       })
   });

   // Send a log to Graylog
   tracing::error!(message = "i'm glad to be out", spook_lvl = 3, ruck_sack = ?["glasses", "inhaler", "large bat"]);
}

GELF Encoding

Events are encoded into GELF format as follows:

• Event fields are inserted as GELF additional fields, _field_name.
• Event field named message is renamed to short_message.
• If short_message (or message) Event field is missing then short_message is set to the empty string.
• Event fields whose names collide with GELF required fields are coerced into the required types and overrides defaults given in the builder.
• The hierarchy of spans is concatenated and inserted as span_a:span_b:span_c and inserted as an additional field _span.

Structs

Builder

A builder for Logger.

ConnectionErrors

A sequence of errors which occurred during a connection attempt.

ConnectionHandle

Provides an interface for connecting (and reconnecting) to Graylog. Without an established connection logs will not be sent. Messages logged without an established connection will sit in the buffer until they can be drained.

Logger

A Layer responsible for sending structured logs to Graylog.

TcpConnection

A TCP connection to Graylog.

UdpConnection

A UDP connection to Graylog.

Enums

BuilderError

The error type for Logger building.