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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:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
- name: NOTIFIER_NAME
platform: syslog
Configuration variables:
- name (Optional): Setting the optional parameter
nameallows multiple notifiers to be created. The default value isnotify. The notifier will bind to the servicenotify.NOTIFIER_NAME. - facility (Optional): Facility according to RFC 3164 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3164). Default is 'syslog' if no value is given. Check the table below for entries.
- option (Optional): Log option. Default is 'pid' if no value is given. Check the table below for entries.
- priority (Optional): Priority of the messages. Default is 'info' if no value is given. Check the table below for entries.
The table contains values to use in your configuration.yaml file.
| facility | option | priority |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | pid | 5 |
| user | cons | 4 |
| 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 wikipedia article and RFC 3164.
To use notifications, please see the getting started with automation page.