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 <td>Allow sending e-mail messages.</td>
 </tr>
 
+<tr>
+<td></td>
+<td><a href='/components/notify.syslog.html'>Syslog</a></td>
+<td>Allow sending messages to a local syslog.</td>
+</tr>
+
 <tr>
 <td><img src='/images/supported_brands/xmpp.png' class='brand' /></td>
 <td><a href='/components/notify.xmpp.html'>Jabber (XMPP)</a></td>
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+---
+layout: page
+title: "Syslog notification support"
+description: "Instructions how to add syslog notifications to Home Assistant."
+date: 2015-06-09 16:00
+sidebar: false
+comments: false
+sharing: true
+footer: true
+---
+
+The syslog platform allows you to deliver notifications from Home Assistant to the local syslog.
+
+To enable syslog notifications in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
+
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+notify:
+  platform: syslog
+  facility: SYSLOG_FACILITY
+  option: SYSLOG_LOG_OPTION
+  priority: SYSLOG_PRIORITY
+```
+
+The table contains values to use in your `configuration.yaml` file.
+
+| facility  | option  | priority  |
+| :-------- |:--------| :---------|
+| kernel    | pid     | 5         |
+| user      | cons    | 4         |
+| mail      | ndelay  | 3         |
+| daemon    | nowait  | 2         |
+| auth      | perror  | 1         |
+| LPR       |         | 0         |
+| news      |         | -1        |
+| uucp      |         | -2        |
+| cron      |         |           |
+| syslog    |         |           |
+| local0    |         |           |
+| local1    |         |           |
+| local2    |         |           |
+| local3    |         |           |
+| local4    |         |           |
+| local5    |         |           |
+| local6    |         |           |
+| local7    |         |           |
+
+For details about facility, option, and priority please consult the [wikpedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog) and [RFC 3164](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3164).
+
+To use notifications, please see the [getting started with automation page]({{site_root}}/components/automation.html).