README.md in syslogstash-2.1.0 vs README.md in syslogstash-2.2.0
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operational logging.
* **`SIGURG`** -- toggle whether or not relaying to stdout is enabled or
disabled.
+* **`SIGHUP`** -- pretend that the currently in-use logstash server has
+ failed, and trigger the random-server-selection logic to (potentially)
+ pick a new server. Useful if you want to make sure that syslogstash
+ won't drop *any* messages when retiring a logstash server -- just remove
+ the logstash server from DNS, then SIGHUP syslogstash to make it switch
+ to another server.
+
## Use with Docker
For convenience, `syslogstash` is available in a Docker container,
`discourse/syslogstash:v2`. It requires a bit of gymnastics to get the