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## Syslog Notifications
* **Source**: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424
* **Icon Support**: No
* **Message Format**: Text
* **Message Limit**: 32768 Characters per message
Syslog is a way for network devices to send event messages to a logging server usually known as a Syslog server. The Syslog protocol is supported by a wide range of devices and can be used to log different types of events.
### Syntax
Valid syntaxes are as follows:
* `syslog://`
One might change the facility from it's default like so:
* `syslog://_/?facility=local5`
### Parameter Breakdown
| Variable | Required | Description
| ----------- | -------- | -----------
| facility | No | The facility to use, by default it is `user`. Valid options are **kern**, **user**, **mail**, **daemon**, **auth**, **syslog**, **lpr**, **news**, **uucp**, **cron**, **local0**, **local1**, **local2**, **local3**, **local4**, **local5**, **local6**, and **local7**
| log_perror | No | Additionally send the log message to _stderr_
| log_pid | Yes | Include PID as part of the log output.
#### Example
Send a Syslog notification
```bash
# The following sends a syslog notification to the `user`
# facility
apprise syslog://
```