This gist contains a script to install papertrail...

papertrail_installer

#!/bin/bash
#
# (c) 2014 EdgeCase, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
#     sam@edgecase.io
#

apt-get install rsyslog-gnutls -y
cd /etc
wget https://papertrailapp.com/tools/papertrail-bundle.pem


cat > /etc/rsyslog.conf << EOF
#  /etc/rsyslog.conf    Configuration file for rsyslog.
#
\$ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging
\$ModLoad imklog   # provides kernel logging support
\$ModLoad imfile

\$ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat
\$FileOwner root
\$FileGroup adm
\$FileCreateMode 0640
\$DirCreateMode 0755
\$Umask 0022

\$WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog

\$DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile /etc/papertrail-bundle.pem # trust these CAs
\$ActionSendStreamDriver gtls # use gtls netstream driver
\$ActionSendStreamDriverMode 1 # require TLS
\$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name # authenticate by hostname
\$ActionSendStreamDriverPermittedPeer *.papertrailapp.com

#
# Add any custom text files here.
#
#


*.*      @@logs2.papertrailapp.com:38190
EOF