This page explains how to make the connection settings required to send data to the Graylog server by establishing a UDP or TCP connection in GELF format.

The picture below shows the Graylog settings:

The fields used for Graylog configuration are shown in the table below.

Field

Description

Enabled

Indicates the active state of the setting.

Name

The name of the setting to be made.
DescriptionDescription can be entered.

Hostname

It is the IP or access address information of the server.

Port

It is the port information of the server. Default value is 12201.

TLS

Enables TLS for transport.

TLS Certificate Verification

Enables TLS certificate verification for transport.

Transport Type

Sets the transport protocol used with the GELF server.

Compression Type

Sets the compression algorithm used for GELF server

Gelf Message Level

Sets the level (priority) of the GELF Message

Queue Size

Sets the size of the internally used queue

TCP No Delay

Whether Nagle's' algorithm is enabled for TCP connections

TCP Keep Alive

Sets if TCP Keep Alive enabled or disabled.

Reconnect Delay

Set the time to wait between reconnects in milliseconds

Connect Timeout

Set the connection timeout for TCP connections in milliseconds

Send Buffer Size

Set the size of the socket send buffer in bytes

Max Inflight Sends

Set the number of max queued network operations

Threads

Set number of worker threads that will be processing GELF Messages

Append To Attributes

If enabled, sets target content to full message attribute of GELF Message

Append To Message

If enabled, sets target contents to additional attributes in GELF Message