Cannot write mongo db logs to syslog

Question

I wish to redirect the mongodb.log to syslog. Any help will be useful?

I used the systemLog: destination: syslog systemFacility: mongodb

in mongodb.conf and tried restarting mongo db. But it does not writes anything to syslog.

Answer 1

while starting your mongo service you can define the log path with 'logpath' i.e.

mongod --logpath /path/.../name.log