syslog-generator

Generates syslog messages from a user defined file and sends them to a remote host.

Functionality

This script generates random hostnames, syslog levels, and tags to be used in a message. The variables and data structures can be modified to fit your needs by changing them towards the top of the script. The script also randomly pulls messages from a user defined file to provide variety to log data.

Usage

This script is written for Python 3+ and is meant to be run from the command line.

Required Arguments

• --host: IP or hostname to send syslog messages.
• --port: UDP port to send syslog messages.
• --file: Filename to read syslog messasges from. This file should contain ONLY the text of the message. Syslog format is handled by the script.
• --count: Number of messages to send at one time.

Optional Arguments

• --sleep: Number of seconds to sleep until the next batch of messages is sent. Using this argument continues the script indefinitely or until the CTRL-C combination is invoked.

Example

Send 10 messages at once:

syslog_gen.py --host 192.168.1.100 --port 514 --file sample_logs --count 10 

Send 10 messages every 30 seconds:

syslog_gen.py --host 192.168.1.100 --port 514 --file sample_logs --count 10 --sleep 30