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diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am index aa4e8a7d..7055cbc4 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ html_files = \ imfile.html \ imtcp.html \ imgssapi.html \ + imrelp.html \ + imuxsock.html \ + imgklog.html \ professional_support.html \ queues.html \ queueWorkerLogic.dia \ diff --git a/doc/imklog.html b/doc/imklog.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..92c1881a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/imklog.html @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"><title>Kernel Log Input Module (imklog)</title> + +</head> +<body> +<h1>Kernel Log Input Module</h1> +<p><b>Module Name: imklog</b></p> +<p><b>Author: </b>Rainer Gerhards +<rgerhards@adiscon.com></p> +<p><b>Description</b>:</p> +<p>Reads messages from the kernel log and submits them to the +syslog engine.</p> +<p><b>Configuration Directives</b>:</p> +<ul> +<li><strong>$KLogInternalMsgFacility +<facility></strong><br> +The facility which messages internally generated by imklog will have. +imklog generates some messages of itself (e.g. on problems, startup and +shutdown) and these do not stem from the kernel. Historically, under +Linux, these too have "kern" facility. Thus, on Linux platforms the +default is "kern" while on others it is "syslogd". You usually do not +need to specify this configuratin directive - it is included primarily +for few limited cases where it is needed for good reason. Bottom line: +if you don't have a good idea why you should use this setting, do not +touch it.</li> +<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">$KLogPermitNonKernelFacility +[on/<span style="font-style: italic;">off</span>]<br> +</span>At least under BSD the kernel log may contain entries +with non-kernel facilities. This setting controls how those are +handled. The default is "off", in which case these messages are +ignored. Switch it to on to submit non-kernel messages to rsyslog +processing.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></li> +<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>$DebugPrintKernelSymbols +(imklog) [on/<b>off</b>]<br> +Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)</li> +<li>$klogSymbolLookup (imklog) [<b>on</b>/off] -- +former klogd -x option<br> +Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)</li> +<li>$klogUseSyscallInterface (imklog) [on/<b>off</b>] +-- former klogd -2 option<br> +Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)</li> +<li>$klogSymbolsTwice (imklog) [on/<b>off</b>] -- +former klogd -s option<br> +Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)<br style="font-weight: bold;"> +</li> +</ul> +<b>Caveats/Known Bugs:</b> +<p>This is obviously platform specific and requires platform +drivers. +Currently, imklog functionality is available on Linux and BSD.</p> +<p><b>Sample:</b></p> +<p>The following sample pulls messages from the kernel log. All +parameters are left by default, which is usually a good idea. Please +note that loading the plugin is sufficient to activate it. No directive +is needed to start pulling kernel messages.<br> +</p> +<textarea rows="15" cols="60">$ModLoad imklog +</textarea> +<p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>] +[<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> +<p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> +project.<br> +Copyright © 2008 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer +Gerhards</a> and +<a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. +Released under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.</font></p> +</body></html>
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf.html index 8967f671..9325f73c 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf.html @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> -<html><head><title>rsyslog.conf file</title> - -</head> +<html><head><title>rsyslog.conf file</title></head> <body> <h1>rsyslog.conf configuration file</h1> <p><b>This document is currently being enhanced. Please @@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ plugin for plain tcp syslog</li> <li><a href="imgssapi.html">imgssapi</a> - input plugin for plain tcp and GSS-enable syslog</li> <li>immark - support for mark messages</li> -<li>imklog - kernel logging</li> +<li><a href="imklog.html">imklog</a> - kernel logging</li> <li><a href="imuxsock.html">imuxsock</a> - unix sockets, including the system log socket</li> </ul> @@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ worker threads, default 1, recommended 1</li> <li><a href="rsconf1_allowedsender.html">$AllowedSender</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_controlcharacterescapeprefix.html">$ControlCharacterEscapePrefix</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_debugprintcfsyslinehandlerlist.html">$DebugPrintCFSyslineHandlerList</a></li> -<li>$DebugPrintKernelSymbols (imklog) [on/<b>off</b>]</li> + <li><a href="rsconf1_debugprintmodulelist.html">$DebugPrintModuleList</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_debugprinttemplatelist.html">$DebugPrintTemplateList</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_dircreatemode.html">$DirCreateMode</a></li> @@ -143,14 +141,7 @@ worker threads, default 1, recommended 1</li> <li><a href="rsconf1_gssforwardservicename.html">$GssForwardServiceName</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_gsslistenservicename.html">$GssListenServiceName</a></li> <li><a href="rsconf1_gssmode.html">$GssMode</a></li> -<li><a href="rsconf1_includeconfig.html">$IncludeConfig</a></li> -<li>$klogSymbolLookup (imklog) [<b>on</b>/off] -- -former klogd -x option</li> -<li>$klogUseSyscallInterface (imklog) [on/<b>off</b>] --- former klogd -2 option</li> -<li>$klogSymbolsTwice (imklog) [on/<b>off</b>] -- -former klogd -s option</li> -<li>$MainMsgQueueCheckpointInterval <number></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!), default 0 (no delay). Simple rate-limiting!]</li> |