Rails 3, Log directly to PaperTrail Remote Syslog

README.md

Setting up logging to PaperTrail Remote Syslog in Rails 3

1. Update your Gemfile

gem 'remote_syslog_logger'

2. Add the initializer

Define constants in `config/initializers/papertrail.rb`.

If you don't have a syslog target, get one for free from [Papertrail](https://papertrailapp.com/).

That's it !!!

On your next deploy you will be logging to that syslog host.

logged_class.rb

class LoggedClass

  attr_reader :logger

  def initialize
    url = PAPERTRAIL_LOG_URI
    @logger = RemoteSyslogLogger.new(url.host, url.port, :program => "#{self.class} Log")	
    @logger.level = PAPERTRAIL_LOG_LEVEL
  end

  def task
    begin
      run_fatal_method
    rescue Exception => e
      logger.fatal("#{self.class} Task Failed: #{e.inspect}")
    end
  end

  def run_fatal_method
    1/0
  end

end

papertrail.rb

PAPERTRAIL_LOG_URI = URI.parse("syslog://blahblahblah")
case Rails.env.to_sym
when :test
  PAPERTRAIL_LOG_LEVEL = Logger::ERROR
when :production
  PAPERTRAIL_LOG_LEVEL = Logger::WARN
when :staging
  PAPERTRAIL_LOG_LEVEL = Logger::INFO
else
  PAPERTRAIL_LOG_LEVEL = Logger::DEBUG
end