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diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_mysql.html b/doc/rsyslog_mysql.html index 41aced27..53ee30cc 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_mysql.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_mysql.html @@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ otherwise you need to customize rsyslogd's default sql template, which we do not do in this paper. Then, run the script with your favourite MySQL tool. Double-check that the table was successfully created.</p> + +<p>MySQL support in rsyslog is integrated via a loadable plug-in module. To use the database +functionality, MySQL must be enabled in the config file BEFORE the first database table action is +used. This is done by placing the</p> +<blockquote> + <p><code>$ModLoad MySQL</code></p> +</blockquote> +<p>directive at the begining of /etc/rsyslog.conf</p> + <p>Next, we need to tell rsyslogd to write data to the database. As we use the default schema, we do NOT need to define a template for this. We can use the hardcoded one (rsyslogd handles the proper template linking). So all we need to @@ -237,4 +246,4 @@ no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license can be viewed at <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html"> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html</a>.</p> </body> -</html>
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