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[jira] [Created] (LOG4J2-1939) Add appName option to SyslogLayout

Kelvin created LOG4J2-1939:
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             Summary: Add appName option to SyslogLayout
                 Key: LOG4J2-1939
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1939
             Project: Log4j 2
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Layouts
            Reporter: Kelvin
            Priority: Minor


The BSD syslog RFC (rfc3164) mentions that a "message" should contain a tag and content. The separation of the fields should be using a '[', ':' or space.
The implementor of a system may not add the tag component as it is log layout specific. When not part of the message, and configuring a product to produce syslog, downstream syslog parsers expecting rfc3146 formatted data have a hard time without modifying the message before parsing or adding special rules for those sources.
An appName option like Rfc5424Layout would be great. If specified it can be added to the message, if not the current format can be used in order to not disrupt any downstream parsers currently in use.



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