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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2009-07-15 11:12:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2009-07-15 11:12:28 +0200 |
| commit | a8b583669a74dc053b0073531d8d3076779416a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 555ba1a87acfabe1da1d6bb85790d400ffdc00bd /doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html | |
| parent | 17b5f2264fad2e3866f9f3325f2bd67bf4aa69f0 (diff) | |
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CONFIG CHANGE: $HUPisRestart default is now "off".
We are doing this to support removal of restart-type HUP in v5.
Elaborate doc added to explain reasoning and actions to be taken.
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diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html index 03842758..1fe72c5f 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html @@ -129,11 +129,15 @@ our paper on <a href="multi_ruleset.html">using multiple rule sets in rsyslog</a <li><a href="rsconf1_gssforwardservicename.html">$GssForwardServiceName</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_gsslistenservicename.html">$GssListenServiceName</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_gssmode.html">$GssMode</a></li> -<li>$HUPisRestart [<b>on</b>/off] - if set to on, a HUP is a full daemon restart. This means any queued messages are discarded (depending +<li>$HUPisRestart [on/<b>off</b>] - if set to on, a HUP is a full daemon restart. This means any queued messages are discarded (depending on queue configuration, of course) all modules are unloaded and reloaded. This mode keeps compatible with sysklogd, but is -not recommended for use with rsyslog. To do a full restart, simply stop and start the daemon. The default is "on" for -compatibility reasons. If it is set to "off", a HUP will only close open files. This is a much quicker action and usually -the only one that is needed e.g. for log rotation. <b>It is recommended to set the setting to "off".</b></li> +not recommended for use with rsyslog. To do a full restart, simply stop and start the daemon. The default (since 4.5.1) is "off". +If it is set to "off", a HUP will only close open files. This is a much quicker action and usually +the only one that is needed e.g. for log rotation. <b>Restart-type HUPs (value "on") are depricated</b> +and will go away in rsyslog v5. So it is a good idea to change anything that needs it, now. +Usually that should not be a big issue, as the restart-type HUP can easily be replaced by +something along the lines of "/etc/init.d/rsyslog restart". +</li> <li><a href="rsconf1_includeconfig.html">$IncludeConfig</a></li><li>MainMsgQueueCheckpointInterval <number></li> <li>$MainMsgQueueDequeueSlowdown <number> [number is timeout in <i> micro</i>seconds (1000000us is 1sec!), |