Send Docker Compose service logs to a syslog server

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Documented steps

  1. Add `logging: {driver: syslog, options: {syslog-address: "udp://192.168.0.42:514"}}` to the service in compose.yaml.
  2. syslog-address supports udp://, tcp://, and tcp+tls:// plus unix:// paths. Use TCP for reliable delivery of critical logs.
  3. Optionally set facility/tag: `options: {tag: "{{.Name}}", syslog-facility: "local0"}`.
  4. Run `docker compose up -d`; the daemon forwards each container's stdout/stderr lines to the syslog collector.

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