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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2009-04-14 14:36:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2009-04-14 14:36:50 +0200 |
| commit | 01e5d51c57536acfa8e05d5b22c001a6cf0701d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 32e71707d8d2e403ca0d4599a9f1473a4d914c28 | |
| parent | 04272876d12488b2039b28683dc53e1c802d303d (diff) | |
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added doc for $MaxOpenFiles directive
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rsconf1_maxopenfiles.html | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rsyslog_conf.html | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html | 18 |
4 files changed, 48 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Version 4.3.0 [DEVEL] (rgerhards), 2009-03-?? - improved testbench * added tests for tcp-based reception * added tcp-load test (1000 connections, 20,000 messages) +- added $MaxOpenFiles configuration directive - bugfix: solved potential memory leak in msg processing, could manifest itself in imtcp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/doc/rsconf1_maxopenfiles.html b/doc/rsconf1_maxopenfiles.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b6c9cc0e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsconf1_maxopenfiles.html @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +<html> +<head> +<title>$MaxOpenFiles - rsyslog.conf file</title> +</head> +<body> +<a href="rsyslog_conf_global.html">[rsyslog configuration directive overview]</a> + +<h2>$MaxOpenFiles</h2> +<p><b>Available Since:</b> 4.3.0</p> +<p><b>Type:</b> global configuration directive</p> +<p><b>Default:</b> <i>operating system default</i></p> +<p><b>Description:</b></p> +<p>Set the maximum number of files that the rsyslog process can have open at any given +time. Note that this includes open tcp sockets, so this setting is the upper limit for +the number of open TCP connections as well. If you expect a large nubmer of concurrent +connections, it is suggested that the number is set to the max number connected plus 1000. +Please note that each dynafile also requires up to 100 open file handles. +<p>The setting is similar to running "ulimit -n number-of-files". +<p>Please note that depending on permissions and operating system configuration, the +setrlimit() request issued by rsyslog may fail, in which case the previous limit is kept +in effect. Rsyslog will emit a warning message in this case. +<p><b>Sample:</b></p> +<p><code><b>$MaxOpenFiles 2000</b></code></p> +<p><b>Bugs:</b></p> +<p>For some reason, this settings seems not to work on all platforms. If you experience +problems, please let us know so that we can (hopefully) narrow down the issue. +<p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>] [<a href="manual.html">manual +index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> +<p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> +Copyright © 2009 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and +<a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. Released under the GNU GPL +version 3 or higher.</font></p> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf.html index 852d95b5..6990c6bd 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf.html @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Lines can be continued by specifying a backslash ("\") as the last character of the line. There is a hard-coded maximum line length of 4K. If you need lines larger than that, you need to change compile-time settings inside rsyslog and recompile. -<h2><a href="rsyslog_conf_global.html">Global Directives</a></h2> +<h2><a href="rsyslog_conf_global.html">Configuration Directives</a></h2> <h2>Basic Structure</h2> <p>Rsyslog supports standard sysklogd's configuration file format and extends it. So in general, you can take a "normal" syslog.conf and @@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ such features is available in rsyslogd, only.</p> [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> <p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> -Copyright © 2008 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and +Copyright © 2008,2009 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and <a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. Released under the GNU GPL -version 2 or higher.</font></p> +version 3 or higher.</font></p> </body> </html> > diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html index d011bd2b..3e33f0da 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> -<html><head><title>Global Directives - rsyslog.conf</title></head> +<html><head><title>Configuration Directives - rsyslog.conf</title></head> <body> <p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p> <a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> -<h2>Global Directives</h2> -<p>All global directives need to be specified on a line by their -own and must start with a dollar-sign. Here is a list in alphabetical -order. Follow links for a description.</p> -<p>Please note that not all directives here are actually global. Some affect -only the next action. This documentation will be changed soon. +<h2>Configuration Directives</h2> +<p>All configuration directives need to be specified on a line by their +own and must start with a dollar-sign. Note that those starting with +the word "Action" modify the next action and should be specified +in front of it. +<p>Here is a list in alphabetical order. Follow links for a description.</p> <p>Not all directives have an in-depth description right now. Default values for them are in bold. A more in-depth description will appear as implementation progresses. @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ instead of UDP (plain TCP syslog, RELP). This resolves the UDP stack size restri <br>Note that 2k, the current default, is the smallest size that must be supported in order to be compliant to the upcoming new syslog RFC series. </li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_maxopenfiles.html">$MaxOpenFiles</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_moddir.html">$ModDir</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_modload.html">$ModLoad</a></li> <li><b>$RepeatedMsgContainsOriginalMsg</b> [on/<b>off</b>] - "last message repeated n times" messages, if generated, @@ -214,7 +215,6 @@ the value, the less precise the timestamp. <li><a href="droppriv.html">$PrivDropToGroupID</a></li> <li><a href="droppriv.html">$PrivDropToUser</a></li> <li><a href="droppriv.html">$PrivDropToUserID</a></li> -</ul> <li><a href="rsconf1_umask.html">$UMASK</a></li> </ul> <p><b>Where <size_nbr> is specified above,</b> @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ point of view, "1,,0.0.,.,0" also has the value 1000. </p> <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> Copyright © 2008, 2009 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and <a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. Released under the GNU GPL -version 2 or higher.</font></p> +version 3 or higher.</font></p> </body> </html> |