Logging to Logentries from powershell

README.md

Simple debug output for automated windows deploys.

• Use Logentries to create a manual Token TCP log set.
• Change $token to match your new log
• Put the function at the top of your PS script
• Call $le.Log() any time you need output.
• Use the log entries Live Tail feature. It's not always immediate, give it up to a couple of minutes for your entries to appear.
• Until there is some logging in your log set, it may take even longer to see your first log entry. Prime the log if you can, by outputting something to it immediately. Run the script with the included Hello! to start this process.

logging.ps1

 $le = New-Module -AsCustomObject -ScriptBlock {
    $port = 80
    $remoteHost = "data.logentries.com"
    $socket = new-object System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient($remoteHost, $port)
    $stream = $socket.GetStream()
    $writer = new-object System.IO.StreamWriter($stream)
    $token = "Loge-entries-tag-here"
    Function Log {
        param ( $Message )
        $writer.WriteLine($token + " : " + $Message )
        $writer.Flush()
    }
    Export-ModuleMember -Function Log}

$le.Log("Hello!")