RFC5424 is “the new format” of Syslog.

Properties

Message:                Syslog message

Address:                 Destination address. e.g. 127.0.0.1

Port:                        Destination port

Facility:                   Syslog facility

Severity:                 Syslog severity

Hostname:            Hostname to be used

Process-name:       A process name to be used

Process-id:             Process ID to be used

Message-id:            Message ID to be used

Structured-data: Add structured data to Syslog message. Must be an array of objects with keys “element-id” and “parameter” (a single layer object with string key/values)

Output

Output-location: Location to store the output data