From 733c5e3e16b8bb8c62b63ea2d51b7a25b183c8e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael <35783820+mib1185@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 15:41:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle unavailable syslog server (#14)

* reconnect when syslog server is unavailable

* ignore unavailable syslog server on startup
---
 syslog/journal2syslog.py | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/syslog/journal2syslog.py b/syslog/journal2syslog.py
index db97c03..061d99a 100644
--- a/syslog/journal2syslog.py
+++ b/syslog/journal2syslog.py
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ def _wrap_sock_ssl(self, sock: socket.socket, host: str):
 
         return context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=host)
 
+    def handleError(self, _):
+        """
+        Handle errors silent
+        Close failing socket so next emit will try to create a new socket
+        """
+        if self.socket is not None:
+            self.socket.close()
+            self.socket = None
+
     def createSocket(self):
         """
         Try to create a socket and, if it's not a datagram socket, connect it
@@ -103,7 +112,8 @@ def createSocket(self):
                     err = exc
                     if sock is not None:
                         sock.close()
-            if err is not None:
+            if isinstance(err, ssl.SSLError):
+                # only fail on ssl errors
                 raise err
             self.socket = sock
             self.socktype = socktype