This gem implements the syslog protocol in pure ruby. The Syslog module that uses the openlog(3) syscall can only have a single facility open. SyslogRuby allows you to have as many loggers as you want.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'syslog_ruby'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install syslog_ruby

The syslog_ruby gem also implements a pure ruby version of the Syslog module:

require 'syslog_compat'

To use the pure ruby version

tcp = SyslogRuby::Logger.new('ruby', :LOCAL3, uri: 'tcp://127.0.0.1:514')
udp = SyslogRuby::Logger.new('ruby', :LOCAL4, uri: 'udp://127.0.0.1:514')
local = SyslogRuby::Logger.new('ruby', :LOCAL5, uri: '/dev/log')
local.info "a message"

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request