Syslog UDP Source Node
Quick Reference
Host
The IP address to bind the UDP listener to.
ex: 0.0.0.0
Port
UDP port to listen on.
ex: 514
Buffer Size
Maximum size in bytes of a single UDP datagram.
ex: 65535
Queue Capacity
Internal queue size for received messages; datagrams are dropped when the queue is full.
ex: 10000
Encoding
Character encoding for parsing the raw bytes of each datagram.
ex: UTF-8
Overview
The Syslog UDP Source node listens on a UDP port and receives syslog-format messages, emitting each datagram as an record to be processed downstream. It is suitable for ingesting log data from network devices, servers, and applications that emit syslog over UDP.
Configuration
| Field | Description | Required | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host | The IP address to bind the UDP listener to. Use 0.0.0.0 to listen on all available network interfaces. | No | 0.0.0.0 |
| Port | The UDP port number to listen on for incoming syslog messages. | No | 514 |
| Buffer Size | Maximum size in bytes of a single UDP datagram that the listener will accept. Datagrams larger than this value will be truncated. | No | 65535 |
| Queue Capacity | The number of received messages that can be held in the internal queue. When the queue is full, incoming datagrams are dropped. | No | 10000 |
| Encoding | Character encoding used to parse the raw bytes of each incoming datagram into a string. | No | UTF-8 |
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