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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-01-28 13:27:11 +0000
committerRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-01-28 13:27:11 +0000
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<li>native support for <a href="rsyslog_mysql.html">writing to MySQL databases</a><li>
native support for writing to Postgres databases<li>support for (plain) tcp
based syslog - much better reliability<li>support for sending and receiving
- compressed syslog messages<li>ability to configure backup syslog/database
+ compressed syslog messages<li>support for on-demand on-disk spooling of
+ messages that can not be processed fast enough (a great feature for
+ <a href="rsyslog_high_database_rate.html">writing massive amounts of syslog
+ messages to a database</a>)<li>ability to configure backup syslog/database
servers - if the primary fails, control is switched to a prioritized list of
backups<li>support for receiving messages via reliable <a href="http://www.monitorware.com/Common/en/glossary/rfc3195.php"> RFC 3195</a> delivery<li>ability to generate file names and directories (log targets)
dynamically, based on many different properties<li>control of log output format,
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messages<li>control of whether the local hostname or the hostname of the
origin of the data is shown as the hostname in the output<li>ability to
preserve the original hostname in NAT environments and relay chains
- <li>ability to limit the allowed network senders<li>powerful BSD-style hostname and program name blocks for easy multi-host support<li> multi-threaded (<a href="http://rgerhards.blogspot.com/2007/08/why-is-rsyslog-multi-threaded-and-is-it.html">is
- this important? why?</a>)<li>very experimental and volatile support for <a href="syslog-protocol.html">syslog-protocol</a> compliant messages (it is volatile because standardization is currently underway and this is a proof-of-concept implementation to aid this effort)<li>
+ <li>ability to limit the allowed network senders<li>powerful BSD-style hostname and program name blocks for easy multi-host support<li> massively multi-threaded with dynamic work thread pools that start up and shut
+ themselves down on an as-needed basis (great for high log volume on
+ multicore machines)<li>very experimental and volatile support for <a href="syslog-protocol.html">syslog-protocol</a> compliant messages (it is volatile because standardization is currently underway and this is a proof-of-concept implementation to aid this effort)<li>
experimental support for syslog-transport-tls based framing on syslog/tcp
connections<li>
the sysklogd's klogd functionality is implemented as the <i>imklog</i> input
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directories. Includes are specified in the main configuration file<li>
supports multiple actions per selector/filter condition<li>
MySQL and Postgres SQL functionality as a dynamically loadable plug-in<li>
- modular design for outputs - easily extensible</ul>
+ modular design for inputs and outputs - easily extensible via custom plugins<li>
+ an easy-to-write to plugin interface</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Upcoming Features</h2>
<p>The list below is something like a repository of ideas we'd like to