T736: Rewrite remote logging (syslog) to XML/Python

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diff --git a/interface-definitions/syslog.xml b/interface-definitions/syslog.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<interfaceDefinition>
+  <node name="system">
+    <children>
+      <node name="syslog" owner="${vyos_conf_scripts_dir}/syslog.py">
+        <properties>
+          <help>System logging</help>
+          <priority>400</priority>
+        </properties>
+        <children>
+        <tagNode name="user">
+          <properties>
+            <help>Logging to specific user's terminal</help>
+            <constraint>
+              <regex>^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]{1,31}[$]?</regex>
+            </constraint>
+            <constraintErrorMessage>illegal characters in user</constraintErrorMessage>
+            <valueHelp>
+              <format>username</format>
+              <description>user login name</description>
+            </valueHelp>
+          </properties>
+          <children>
+            <tagNode name="facility">
+              <properties>
+                <help>Facility for logging</help>
+                <completionHelp>
+                  <list>auth authpriv cron daemon kern lpr mail mark news protocols security syslog user uucp local0 local1 local2 local3 local4 local5 local6 local7 all</list>
+                </completionHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>all</format>
+                  <description>All facilities excluding "mark"</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>auth</format>
+                  <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>authpriv</format>
+                  <description>Non-system authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>cron</format>
+                  <description>Cron daemon</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>daemon</format>
+                  <description>System daemons</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>kern</format>
+                  <description>Kernel</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>lpr</format>
+                  <description>Line printer spooler</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>mail</format>
+                  <description>Mail subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>mark</format>
+                  <description>Timestamp</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>news</format>
+                  <description>USENET subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>protocols</format>
+                  <description>depricated will be set to local7</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>security</format>
+                  <description>depricated will be set to auth</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>syslog</format>
+                  <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>user</format>
+                  <description>Application processes</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>uucp</format>
+                  <description>UUCP subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local0</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 0</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local1</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 1</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local2</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 2</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local3</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 3</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local4</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 4</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local5</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 5</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local6</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 6</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local7</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 7</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+              </properties>
+              <children>
+                <leafNode name="level">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>Logging level</help>
+                    <completionHelp>
+                      <list>emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug all</list>
+                    </completionHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>emerg</format>
+                      <description>Emergency messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>alert</format>
+                      <description>Urgent messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>crit</format>
+                      <description>Critical messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>err</format>
+                      <description>Error messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>warning</format>
+                      <description>Warning messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>notice</format>
+                      <description>Messages for further investigation</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>info</format>
+                      <description>Informational messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>debug</format>
+                      <description>Debug messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>all</format>
+                      <description>Log everything</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+              </children>
+            </tagNode>
+          </children>
+        </tagNode>
+        <tagNode name="host">
+          <properties>
+            <help>Logging to a remote host</help>
+            <valueHelp>
+              <format>x.x.x.x or host.domain.tld</format>
+              <description>Remote host name or IP address</description>
+              <!-- regex host or IP check? -->
+            </valueHelp>
+          </properties>
+          <children>
+            <tagNode name="facility">
+              <properties>
+                <help>Facility for logging</help>
+                <completionHelp>
+                  <list>auth authpriv cron daemon kern lpr mail mark news protocols security syslog user uucp local0 local1 local2 local3 local4 local5 local6 local7 all</list>
+                </completionHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>all</format>
+                  <description>All facilities excluding "mark"</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>auth</format>
+                  <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>authpriv</format>
+                  <description>Non-system authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>cron</format>
+                  <description>Cron daemon</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>daemon</format>
+                  <description>System daemons</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>kern</format>
+                  <description>Kernel</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>lpr</format>
+                  <description>Line printer spooler</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>mail</format>
+                  <description>Mail subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>mark</format>
+                  <description>Timestamp</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>news</format>
+                  <description>USENET subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>protocols</format>
+                  <description>depricated will be set to local7</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>security</format>
+                  <description>depricated will be set to auth</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>syslog</format>
+                  <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>user</format>
+                  <description>Application processes</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>uucp</format>
+                  <description>UUCP subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local0</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 0</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local1</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 1</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local2</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 2</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local3</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 3</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local4</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 4</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local5</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 5</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local6</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 6</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local7</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 7</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+              </properties>
+              <children>
+                <leafNode name="protocol">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>syslog communication protocol</help>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>udp</format>
+                      <description>send log messages to remote syslog server over udp</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>tcp</format>
+                      <description>send log messages to remote syslog server over tdp</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+
+                <leafNode name="level">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>Logging level</help>
+                    <completionHelp>
+                      <list>emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug all</list>
+                    </completionHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>emerg</format>
+                      <description>Emergency messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>alert</format>
+                      <description>Urgent messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>crit</format>
+                      <description>Critical messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>err</format>
+                      <description>Error messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>warning</format>
+                      <description>Warning messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>notice</format>
+                      <description>Messages for further investigation</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>info</format>
+                      <description>Informational messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>debug</format>
+                      <description>Debug messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>all</format>
+                      <description>Log everything</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+              </children>
+            </tagNode>            
+          </children>
+        </tagNode>
+        <node name="global">
+          <children>
+            <node name="archive">
+              <properties>
+                <help>Log file size and rotation characteristics</help>
+              </properties>
+              <children>
+                <leafNode name="file">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>Number of saved files (default is 5)</help>
+                    <constraint>
+                      <regex>^[0-9]+</regex>
+                    </constraint>
+                    <constraintErrorMessage>illegal characters in number of files</constraintErrorMessage>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+                <leafNode name="size">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>Size of log files (in kbytes, default is 256)</help>
+                    <constraint>
+                      <regex>^[0-9]+</regex>
+                    </constraint>
+                    <constraintErrorMessage>illegal characters in size</constraintErrorMessage>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+              </children>
+            </node>
+            <tagNode name="facility">
+              <properties>
+                <help>Facility for logging</help>
+                <completionHelp>
+                  <list>auth authpriv cron daemon kern lpr mail mark news protocols security syslog user uucp local0 local1 local2 local3 local4 local5 local6 local7 all</list>
+                </completionHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>all</format>
+                  <description>All facilities excluding "mark"</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>auth</format>
+                  <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>authpriv</format>
+                  <description>Non-system authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>cron</format>
+                  <description>Cron daemon</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>daemon</format>
+                  <description>System daemons</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>kern</format>
+                  <description>Kernel</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>lpr</format>
+                  <description>Line printer spooler</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>mail</format>
+                  <description>Mail subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>mark</format>
+                  <description>Timestamp</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>news</format>
+                  <description>USENET subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>protocols</format>
+                  <description>depricated will be set to local7</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>security</format>
+                  <description>depricated will be set to auth</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>syslog</format>
+                  <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>user</format>
+                  <description>Application processes</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>uucp</format>
+                  <description>UUCP subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local0</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 0</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local1</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 1</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local2</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 2</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local3</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 3</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local4</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 4</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local5</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 5</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local6</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 6</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local7</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 7</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+              </properties>
+              <children>
+                <leafNode name="level">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>Logging level</help>
+                    <completionHelp>
+                      <list>emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug all</list>
+                    </completionHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>emerg</format>
+                      <description>Emergency messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>alert</format>
+                      <description>Urgent messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>crit</format>
+                      <description>Critical messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>err</format>
+                      <description>Error messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>warning</format>
+                      <description>Warning messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>notice</format>
+                      <description>Messages for further investigation</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>info</format>
+                      <description>Informational messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>debug</format>
+                      <description>Debug messages</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>all</format>
+                      <description>Log everything</description>
+                    </valueHelp>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+              </children>
+            </tagNode>
+          </children>
+        </node>
+        <tagNode name="file">
+          <properties>
+            <help>Logging to a file</help>
+            <constraint>
+              <regex>^[a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]{1,255}</regex>
+              </constraint>
+              <constraintErrorMessage>illegal characters in filename or filename longer than 255 characters</constraintErrorMessage>
+          </properties>
+          <children>
+            <node name="archive">
+              <properties>
+                <help>Log file size and rotation characteristics</help>
+              </properties>
+              <children>
+                <leafNode name="file">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>Number of saved files (default is 5)</help>
+                    <constraint>
+                      <regex>^[0-9]+</regex>
+                    </constraint>
+                    <constraintErrorMessage>illegal characters in number of files</constraintErrorMessage>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+                <leafNode name="size">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>Size of log files (in kbytes, default is 256)</help>
+                    <constraint>
+                      <regex>^[0-9]+</regex>
+                    </constraint>
+                    <constraintErrorMessage>illegal characters in size</constraintErrorMessage>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+              </children>
+            </node>
+            <tagNode name="facility">
+              <properties>
+                <help>Facility for logging</help>
+                <completionHelp>
+                  <list>auth authpriv cron daemon kern lpr mail mark news protocols security syslog user uucp local0 local1 local2 local3 local4 local5 local6 local7 all</list>
+                </completionHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>all</format>
+                  <description>All facilities excluding "mark"</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>auth</format>
+                  <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>authpriv</format>
+                  <description>Non-system authorization</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>cron</format>
+                  <description>Cron daemon</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>daemon</format>
+                  <description>System daemons</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>kern</format>
+                  <description>Kernel</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>lpr</format>
+                  <description>Line printer spooler</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>mail</format>
+                  <description>Mail subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>mark</format>
+                  <description>Timestamp</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>news</format>
+                  <description>USENET subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>protocols</format>
+                  <description>depricated will be set to local7</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>security</format>
+                  <description>depricated will be set to auth</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>syslog</format>
+                    <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>user</format>
+                  <description>Application processes</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>uucp</format>
+                  <description>UUCP subsystem</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local0</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 0</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local1</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 1</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local2</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 2</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local3</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 3</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local4</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 4</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local5</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 5</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local6</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 6</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+                <valueHelp>
+                  <format>local7</format>
+                  <description>Local facility 7</description>
+                </valueHelp>
+              </properties>
+              <children>
+                <leafNode name="level">
+                  <properties>
+                    <help>Logging level</help>
+                    <completionHelp>
+                      <list>emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug all</list>
+                    </completionHelp>
+                    <valueHelp>
+                      <format>emerg</format>
+                        <description>Emergency messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>alert</format>
+                        <description>Urgent messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>crit</format>
+                        <description>Critical messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>err</format>
+                        <description>Error messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>warning</format>
+                        <description>Warning messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>notice</format>
+                        <description>Messages for further investigation</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>info</format>
+                        <description>Informational messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>debug</format>
+                        <description>Debug messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>all</format>
+                        <description>Log everything</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                  </properties>
+                </leafNode>
+              </children>
+            </tagNode>
+          </children>
+        </tagNode>
+          <node name="console">
+            <properties>
+              <help>logging to serial console</help>
+            </properties>
+            <children>
+              <tagNode name="facility">
+                <properties>
+                  <help>Facility for logging</help>
+                  <completionHelp>
+                    <list>auth authpriv cron daemon kern lpr mail mark news protocols security syslog user uucp local0 local1 local2 local3 local4 local5 local6 local7 all</list>
+                  </completionHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>all</format>
+                    <description>All facilities excluding "mark"</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>auth</format>
+                    <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>authpriv</format>
+                    <description>Non-system authorization</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>cron</format>
+                    <description>Cron daemon</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>daemon</format>
+                    <description>System daemons</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>kern</format>
+                    <description>Kernel</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>lpr</format>
+                    <description>Line printer spooler</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>mail</format>
+                    <description>Mail subsystem</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>mark</format>
+                    <description>Timestamp</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>news</format>
+                    <description>USENET subsystem</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>protocols</format>
+                    <description>depricated will be set to local7</description>
+                  </valueHelp>                  
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>security</format>
+                    <description>depricated will be set to auth</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>syslog</format>
+                    <description>Authentication and authorization</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>user</format>
+                    <description>Application processes</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>uucp</format>
+                    <description>UUCP subsystem</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>local0</format>
+                    <description>Local facility 0</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>local1</format>
+                    <description>Local facility 1</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>local2</format>
+                    <description>Local facility 2</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>local3</format>
+                    <description>Local facility 3</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>local4</format>
+                    <description>Local facility 4</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>local5</format>
+                    <description>Local facility 5</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>local6</format>
+                    <description>Local facility 6</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                  <valueHelp>
+                    <format>local7</format>
+                    <description>Local facility 7</description>
+                  </valueHelp>
+                </properties>
+                <children>
+                  <leafNode name="level">
+                    <properties>
+                      <help>Logging level</help>
+                      <completionHelp>
+                        <list>emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug all</list>
+                      </completionHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>emerg</format>
+                        <description>Emergency messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>alert</format>
+                        <description>Urgent messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>crit</format>
+                        <description>Critical messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>err</format>
+                        <description>Error messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>warning</format>
+                        <description>Warning messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>notice</format>
+                        <description>Messages for further investigation</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>info</format>
+                        <description>Informational messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>debug</format>
+                        <description>Debug messages</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                      <valueHelp>
+                        <format>all</format>
+                        <description>Log everything</description>
+                      </valueHelp>
+                    </properties>
+                  </leafNode>
+                </children>
+              </tagNode>
+            </children>
+          </node>
+        </children>
+      </node>
+    </children>
+  </node>
+</interfaceDefinition>
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/syslog.py b/src/conf_mode/syslog.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3cfc0e5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conf_mode/syslog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 VyOS maintainers and contributors
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+
+import sys
+import os
+import jinja2
+import re
+
+from vyos.config import Config
+from vyos import ConfigError
+
+########### config templates
+
+#### /etc/rsyslog.d/vyos-rsyslog.conf ###
+configs = '''
+## generated by syslog.py ##
+## file based logging
+{% for file in files %}
+$outchannel {{file}},{{files[file]['log-file']}},{{files[file]['max-size']}},{{files[file]['action-on-max-size']}}
+{{files[file]['selectors']}} :omfile:${{file}}
+{% endfor %}
+{% if console %}
+## console logging
+{% for con in console %}
+{{console[con]['selectors']}} /dev/console
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if hosts %}
+## remote logging
+{% for host in hosts %}
+{% if hosts[host]['proto'] == 'tcp' %}
+{{hosts[host]['selectors']}} @@{{host}}
+{% else %}
+{{hosts[host]['selectors']}} @{{host}}
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if user %}
+{% for u in user %}
+{{user[u]['selectors']}} :omusrmsg:{{u}}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+'''
+
+logrotate_configs = '''
+{% for file in files %}
+{{files[file]['log-file']}} {
+  missingok
+  notifempty
+  create
+  rotate  {{files[file]['max-files']}}
+  size={{ files[file]['max-size']//1024}}k
+  postrotate
+    invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
+  endscript
+}
+{% endfor %}
+'''
+############# config templates end
+
+def get_config():
+  c = Config()
+  if not c.exists('system syslog'):
+    return None
+  c.set_level('system syslog')  
+
+  config_data = {
+    'files' : {},
+    'console' : {},
+    'hosts' : {},
+    'user'  : {}
+  }
+
+  #####
+  # /etc/rsyslog.d/vyos-rsyslog.conf
+  # 'set system syslog global'
+  #####
+  config_data['files'].update(
+    {
+      'global'  : {
+        'log-file' : '/var/log/vyos-rsyslog',
+        'max-size'  : 262144,
+        'action-on-max-size'  : '/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/vyos-rsyslog',
+        'selectors'  : '*.notice;local7.debug',
+        'max-files' : '5'
+      }
+    }
+  )
+
+  if c.exists('global facility'):
+    config_data['files']['global']['selectors'] = generate_selectors(c, 'global facility')
+  if c.exists('global archive size'):
+    config_data['files']['global']['max-size'] = int(c.return_value('global archive size'))* 1024
+  if c.exists('global archive files'):
+    config_data['files']['global']['max-files'] = c.return_value('global archive files')
+
+  ###
+  # set system syslog file
+  ###
+
+  if c.exists('file'):
+    filenames = c.list_nodes('file')
+    for filename in filenames:
+      config_data['files'].update(
+        {
+          filename  : { 
+            'log-file' : '/var/log/user/' + filename,
+            'max-files' : '5',
+            'action-on-max-size'  : '/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/' + filename,
+            'selectors'  : '*.err',
+            'max-size'  : 262144     
+          }
+        }
+      )
+
+      if c.exists('file ' + filename + ' facility'):
+        config_data['files'][filename]['selectors']  = generate_selectors(c, 'file ' + filename + ' facility')
+      if c.exists('file ' + filename + ' archive size'):
+       config_data['files'][filename]['max-size']  = int(c.return_value('file ' + filename + ' archive size'))* 1024
+      if c.exists('file ' + filename + ' archive files'):
+        config_data['files'][filename]['max-files'] = c.return_value('file ' + filename + ' archive files')
+
+  ## set system syslog console
+  if c.exists('console'):
+    config_data['console']  = {
+      '/dev/console' : {
+        'selectors' : '*.err'
+      }
+    }
+    
+  for f in c.list_nodes('console facility'):
+    if c.exists('console facility ' + f + ' level'):
+      config_data['console'] = {
+        '/dev/console' : {
+          'selectors' : generate_selectors(c, 'console facility')
+        }
+      }
+    
+  ## set system syslog host
+  if c.exists('host'):
+    rhosts = c.list_nodes('host')
+    for rhost in rhosts:
+      for fac in c.list_nodes('host ' + rhost + ' facility'):
+        if c.exists('host ' + rhost + ' facility ' + fac + ' protocol'):
+          proto = c.return_value('host ' + rhost + ' facility ' + fac + ' protocol')
+        else:
+          proto = 'udp'
+
+      config_data['hosts'].update(
+        {
+          rhost : {
+           'selectors' : generate_selectors(c, 'host ' + rhost + ' facility'), 
+            'proto' : proto
+          } 
+        }
+      )
+
+  ## set system syslog user
+  if c.exists('user'):
+    usrs = c.list_nodes('user')
+    for usr in usrs:
+      config_data['user'].update(
+        {
+          usr : {
+            'selectors' : generate_selectors(c, 'user ' + usr + ' facility')
+          }
+        }
+      )
+
+  return config_data
+
+def generate_selectors(c, config_node):
+## protocols and security are being mapped here
+## for backward compatibility with old configs
+## security and protocol mappings can be removed later
+  if c.is_tag(config_node):
+    nodes = c.list_nodes(config_node)
+    selectors = ""
+    for node in nodes:
+      lvl = c.return_value( config_node + ' ' + node + ' level')
+      if lvl == None:
+        lvl = "err"
+      if lvl == 'all':
+        lvl = '*'
+      if node == 'all' and node != nodes[-1]:
+        selectors += "*." + lvl + ";"
+      elif node == 'all':
+        selectors += "*." + lvl
+      elif node != nodes[-1]:
+        if node == 'protocols':
+          node = 'local7'
+        if node == 'security':
+          node = 'auth'
+        selectors += node + "." + lvl + ";"
+      else:
+        if node == 'protocols':
+          node = 'local7'
+        if node == 'security':
+          node = 'auth'
+        selectors += node + "." + lvl
+    return selectors
+
+def generate(c):
+  tmpl = jinja2.Template(configs, trim_blocks=True)
+  config_text = tmpl.render(c)
+  #print (config_text)
+  with open('/etc/rsyslog.d/vyos-rsyslog.conf', 'w') as f:
+    f.write(config_text)
+
+  ## eventually write for each file its own logrotate file, since size is defined it shouldn't matter
+  tmpl = jinja2.Template(logrotate_configs, trim_blocks=True)
+  config_text = tmpl.render(c)
+  #print (config_text)
+  with open('/etc/logrotate.d/vyos-rsyslog', 'w') as f:
+    f.write(config_text)
+
+def verify(c):
+  if c == None:
+    return None
+
+  fac = ['*','auth','authpriv','cron','daemon','kern','lpr','mail','mark','news','protocols','security',\
+        'syslog','user','uucp','local0','local1','local2','local3','local4','local5','local6','local7']
+  lvl = ['emerg','alert','crit','err','warning','notice','info','debug','*']
+  for conf in c:
+    if c[conf]:
+      for item in c[conf]:
+        for s in c[conf][item]['selectors'].split(";"):
+          f = re.sub("\..*$","",s)
+          if f not in fac:
+            print (c[conf])
+            raise ConfigError('Invalid facility ' + s + ' set in '+ conf + ' ' + item)
+          l = re.sub("^.+\.","",s)
+          if l not in lvl:
+            raise ConfigError('Invalid logging level ' + s + ' set in '+ conf + ' ' + item)
+
+def apply(c):
+  ### vyatta-log.conf is being generated somewhere
+  ### this is just a quick hack to remove the old configfile
+  
+  if os.path.exists('/etc/rsyslog.d/vyatta-log.conf'):
+    os.remove('/etc/rsyslog.d/vyatta-log.conf')
+  os.system("sudo invoke-rc.d rsyslog restart >/dev/null")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  try:
+    c = get_config()
+    verify(c)
+    generate(c)
+    apply(c)
+  except ConfigError as e:
+    print(e)
+    sys.exit(1)