syslog-ng-formula/docs/README.rst

syslog-ng-formula
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Formula to set up and configure syslog_ng

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General notes
-------------

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<https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/development/conventions/formulas.html>`_.

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which contains the currently released version. This formula is versioned according to `Semantic Versioning <http://semver.org/>`_.

See `Formula Versioning Section <https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/development/conventions/formulas.html#versioning>`_ for more details.

Contributing to this repo
-------------------------

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Please see `How to contribute <https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst>`_ for more details.

Available states
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``syslog_ng``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Installs and configures the syslog_ng package.

``syslog_ng.package``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Installs the syslog_ng package and optional packages which may provide additional functionalities.

``syslog_ng.config``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This state manages the file ``syslog_ng.conf`` under ``/etc/syslog-ng`` (template found in "syslog_ng/files"). The configuration is populated by values in "syslog_ng/map.jinja" based on the package's default values (and RedHat, Debian, Suse and Arch family distribution specific values), which can then be overridden by values of the same name in pillar.

``syslog_ng.service``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Manages the startup and running state of the syslog_ng service.

Testing
-------

Linux testing is done with ``kitchen-salt``.

Requirements
^^^^^^^^^^^^

* Ruby
* Docker

.. code-block:: bash

   $ gem install bundler
   $ bundle install
   $ bin/kitchen test [platform]

Where ``[platform]`` is the platform name defined in ``kitchen.yml``,
e.g. ``debian-9-2019-2-py3``.

``bin/kitchen converge``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Creates the docker instance and runs the ``syslog_ng`` main state, ready for testing.

``bin/kitchen verify``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Runs the ``inspec`` tests on the actual instance.

``bin/kitchen destroy``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Removes the docker instance.

``bin/kitchen test``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Runs all of the stages above in one go: i.e. ``destroy`` + ``converge`` + ``verify`` + ``destroy``.

``bin/kitchen login``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gives you SSH access to the instance for manual testing.