Nodered syslogging on raspberry pi

[zubenubi]

Hi All,

I have a flow (see below) that is trying to send a msg to the local syslog running on the same rpi as nodered. I am able to send the same msg to a remote syslog server, but not the local server. I would prefer to have it written tot the local syslog because the rpi is periodically disconnected from internet. Please advise what I can do/change to get these messages into the localhost syslog (/var/log/messages). Thanks In Advance

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[r0ller]

I'm not sure if I got you right but a simple node.warn() will end up in syslog if that fits the bill. Not sure about node.log() though.

[Paul-Reed]

TBH, when logging things from node-RED, I always find it much easier to create it's own log using node-red-contrib-flogger - node-red-contrib-flogger (node) - Node-RED
It enables limiting log size, log rotation, compression and various formats, and log results don't then get hidden amongst other sys log data.

[Colin]

How did you install node-red?