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author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2009-05-11 17:38:33 +0200 |
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committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2009-05-11 17:38:33 +0200 |
commit | 8e430258fdc9b0577ea8e54dae21cc5942f90104 (patch) | |
tree | c24a069a78c960334d2d54b5bcbde7be26a08ea1 /doc/troubleshoot.html | |
parent | 9823c73d1d07e50e6bec7f7c02c88d61d6955526 (diff) | |
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added capability to draw configuration graphs
- added $GenerateConfigGraph configuration command which can be used
to generate nice-looking (and very informative) rsyslog configuration
graphs.
- added $ActionName configuration directive (currently only used for
graph generation, but may find other uses)
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diff --git a/doc/troubleshoot.html b/doc/troubleshoot.html index e655c2ef..cb4367f6 100644 --- a/doc/troubleshoot.html +++ b/doc/troubleshoot.html @@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ mode can be used in parallel to a running instance of rsyslogd. <p><b><i>/path/to/rsyslogd -f/path/to/config-file -N1</i></b> <p>You should also specify other options you usually give (like -c3 and whatever else). Any problems experienced are reported to stderr [aka "your screen" (if not redirected)]. +<p><b>Configuration Graphs</b> +<p>Starting with rsyslog 4.3.1, the +"<a href="rsconf1_generateconfiggraph.html">$GenerateConfigGraph</a>" +command is supported, a very valuable troubleshooting tool. It permits to +generate a graph of how rsyslogd understood its configuration file. It is assumed that +many configuration issues can easily be detected just by looking at the configuration graph. +Full details of how to generate the graphs, and what to look for can be found in the +"<a href="rsconf1_generateconfiggraph.html">$GenerateConfigGraph</a>" +manual page. <p><b>Asking for Help</b> <p>If you can't find the answer yourself, you should look at these places for community help. |