---
name: "Net::Server::Log::Sys::Syslog"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-net-server"
version: "2.018-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Net::Server::Log::Sys::Syslog"
---

# Net::Server::Log::Sys::Syslog(3pm)

log via Syslog

## NAME

Net::Server::Log::Sys::Syslog - log via Syslog

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use base qw(Net::Server::PreFork);
    __PACKAGE__->run(
        log_file => 'Sys::Syslog',
        syslog_ident => 'myapp',
    );
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module provides Sys::Syslog logging to the Net::Server system.

## CONFIGURATION

- log\_file

  To begin using Sys::Syslog logging, simply set the Net::Server log\_file configuration parameter to "Sys::Syslog".

  If the magic name "Sys::Syslog" is used, all logging will take place via the Sys::Syslog module.  If syslog is used the parameters `"syslog_logsock"`, `"syslog_ident"`, and `"syslog_logopt"`,and `"syslog_facility"` may also be defined.

- syslog\_logsock

  Only available if `"log_file"` is equal to "Sys::Syslog".  May be either unix, inet, native, console, stream, udp, or tcp, or an arrayref of the types to try.  Default is "unix" if the version of Sys::Syslog \< 0.15 - otherwise the default is to not call setlogsock.

  See Sys::Syslog.

- syslog\_ident

  Only available if `"log_file"` is equal to "Sys::Syslog".  Id to prepend on syslog entries.  Default is "net\_server".  See Sys::Syslog.

- syslog\_logopt

  Only available if `"log_file"` is equal to "Sys::Syslog".  May be either zero or more of "pid","cons","ndelay","nowait".  Default is "pid".  See Sys::Syslog.

- syslog\_facility

  Only available if `"log_file"` is equal to "Sys::Syslog".  See Sys::Syslog and syslog.  Default is "daemon".

## DEFAULT ARGUMENTS FOR Net::Server

The following arguments are available in the default `"Net::Server"` or `"Net::Server::Single"` modules.  (Other personalities may use additional parameters and may optionally not use parameters from the base class.)

```
    Key               Value                    Default
    ## syslog parameters (if log_file eq Sys::Syslog)
    syslog_logsock    (native|unix|inet|udp
                       |tcp|stream|console)    unix (on Sys::Syslog < 0.15)
    syslog_ident      "identity"               "net_server"
    syslog_logopt     (cons|ndelay|nowait|pid) pid
    syslog_facility   \w+                      daemon
```

## METHODS

- "initialize"

  This method is called during the initilize\_logging method of Net::Server.  It returns a single code ref that will be stored under the log\_function property of the Net::Server object.  That code ref takes log\_level and message as arguments and calls the initialized log4perl system.

- "handle\_log\_error"

  This method is called if the log\_function fails for some reason.  It is passed the Net::Server object, the error that occurred while logging and an arrayref containing the log level and the message.  In turn, this calls the legacy Net::Server::handle\_syslog\_error method.

## LICENCE

Distributed under the same terms as Net::Server