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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2007-08-14 08:33:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2007-08-14 08:33:11 +0000 |
| commit | da3b996acc97244dc1f96a47b81a06d16791efce (patch) | |
| tree | 1c72336959164e28e3c97f03c5f65d3b1d17ee18 /doc | |
| parent | 87445422bf96c457b40eaa2dca212c3b416d34ba (diff) | |
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reflect arrival of dynamically loadable plug-ins (namely MySQL)
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rsconf1_modload.html | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rsyslog_conf.html | 10 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rsconf1_modload.html b/doc/rsconf1_modload.html index 7108a21b..48bb8ab0 100644 --- a/doc/rsconf1_modload.html +++ b/doc/rsconf1_modload.html @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ <p><b>Type:</b> global configuration directive</p> <p><b>Default:</b> </p> <p><b>Description:</b></p> -<p>This currently is a dummy directive. It will support the loading of plug-ins in future releases of rsyslog supporting plug-ins. Currently, only "MySQL" is supported as parameter. This activates MySQL support (if rsyslog is compiled with MySQL functionality).</p> +<p>Dynamically loads a plug-in into rsyslog's address space and activates it. +The plug-in must obey the rsyslog module API. Currently, only MySQL is available +as a plugin, but others may create their own. A plug-in must be loaded BEFORE +any configuration file lines that reference it.</p> <p><b>Sample:</b></p> -<p><code><b>$ModLoad MySQL</b></code></p> +<p><code><b>$ModLoad MySQL # load MySQL functionality</b></code></p> <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> diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf.html index dcbf5dad..2089b87a 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf.html @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ something strange is happening with the system. To specify this wall(1)-feature use an asterisk ("*'').</p> <h3>Database Table</h3> <p>This allows logging of the message to a database table. Currently, only MySQL -databases are supported. By default, a MonitorWare-compatible schema is required +databases are supported. By default, a <a href="http://www.monitorware.com/">MonitorWare</a>-compatible schema is required for this to work. You can create that schema with the createDB.SQL file that came with the rsyslog package. You can also<br> use any other schema of your liking - you just need to define a proper template @@ -544,14 +544,12 @@ template is to be used, a semicolon followed by the template name can follow the connect information. This is as follows:<br> <br> >dbhost,dbname,dbuser,dbpassword;dbtemplate</p> -<p><b>Important: to use the database functionality, MySQL must be enabled in the -config file</b> BEFORE the first database table action is used. This is done by +<p><b>Important: to use the database functionality, the MySQL output module must be +loaded in the config file</b> BEFORE the first database table action is used. This is done by placing the</p> <p><code><b>$ModLoad MySQL</b></code></p> <p>directive some place above the first use of the database write (we recommend -doing at the the begining of the config file). <b>Please note that rsyslog must -also have been built with MySQL support</b> (many packages do not do this by -default).</p> +doing at the the beginning of the config file).</p> <h3>Discard</h3> <p>If the discard action is carried out, the received message is immediately discarded. No further processing of it occurs. Discard has primarily been added |