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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2008-02-22 09:13:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2008-02-22 09:13:14 +0000 |
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added some doc for imgssapi and imtcp input modules
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diff --git a/doc/imtcp.html b/doc/imtcp.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b2c6d21d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/imtcp.html @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"><title>TCP Syslog Input Module</title> + +</head> +<body> +<h1>TCP Syslog Input Module</h1> +<p><b>Module Name: imtcp</b></p> +<p><b>Author: </b>Rainer Gerhards +<rgerhards@adiscon.com></p> +<p><b>Description</b>:</p> +<p>Provides the ability to receive syslog messages via TCP. +Encryption can be provided by using <a href="rsyslog_stunnel.html">stunnel</a> +(an alternative is the use +the <a href="imgssapi.html">imgssapi</a> +modul).</p> +<p>In the future, multiple receivers may be configured by +specifying +$InputTCPServerRun multiple times. This is not currently supported. +</p> +<p><b>Configuration Directives</b>:</p> +<ul> +<li>$InputTCPServerRun <port><br> +Starts a TCP server on selected port</li> +<li>$InputTCPMaxSessions <number><br> +Sets the maximum number of sessions supported</li> +</ul> +<b>Caveats/Known Bugs:</b> +<ul> +<li>module always binds to all interfaces</li> +<li>only a single listener can be bound</li> +<li>can not be loaded together with <a href="imgssapi.html">imgssapi</a> +(which includes the functionality of imtcp)</li> +</ul> +<p><b>Sample:</b></p> +<p>This sets up a TCP server on port 514:<br> +</p> +<textarea rows="15" cols="60">$ModLoad imtcp.so # +needs to be done just once +$InputTCPServerRun 514 +</textarea> +<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 © 2008 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>
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