Syslog server

[Fifoux082]

Hi,
I am not a software devloper.
I started using Python to help me automate some tasks

I have logs forward from a syslog by udp (ip, port)

I want to receive the logs as a syslog server then analyse them in real time to trigger some actions

i am very confused about the docs and i dont know which one is the right one or what i need to do first

[ibreeden]

I suggest you should start reading the file. You should read 7.2. Reading and Writing Files. A most simple example:

f = open ("/path/file.log", "r")
for line in f:
    print(line.strip())
f.close()

[Fifoux082]

thank you
but what i want is receiving the logs as a syslog server then analyse them in real time to trigger some actions

[Fifoux082]

i am still looking and need some help

[micseydel]

I'm unclear on what you want here. You mention docs - what docs? Are you trying to integrate with a particular system? If you can give technical details, that would be great.

[Fifoux082]

I found this one

https://gist.github.com/infinitylx/8f373...ysyslog-py
and it works
I didnt know how __name__ == "__main__": works so I could not make it work in the begining

Now I need to filter the messages , some actions need to be triggered by those messages

Thank you for the help
I may open a new post for filtring the message if I am stuck on it