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diff --git a/doc/imkmsg.html b/doc/imkmsg.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..61068d09 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/imkmsg.html @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"><title>/dev/kmsg Log Input Module (imkmsg)</title> + +</head> +<body> +<a href="rsyslog_conf_modules.html">back</a> + +<h1>/dev/kmsg Log Input Module</h1> +<p><b>Module Name: imkmsg</b></p> +<p><b>Authors: </b>Rainer Gerhards +<rgerhards@adiscon.com><br /> +Milan Bartos +<mbartos@redhat.com></p> +<p><b>Description</b>:</p> +<p>Reads messages from the /dev/kmsg structured kernel log and submits them to the +syslog engine.</p> +<p> +The printk log buffer constains log records. These records are exported by /dev/kmsg +device as structured data in the following format:<br /> + "level,sequnum,timestamp;<message text>\n"<br /> +There could be continuation lines starting with space that contains key/value pairs.<br /> +<br /> +Log messages are parsed as necessary into rsyslog msg_t structure. Continuation lines are parsed +as json key/value pairs and added into rsyslog's message json representation. +</p> +<p><b>Configuration Directives</b>:</p> +This module has no configuration directives. +<b>Caveats/Known Bugs:</b> +<p>This is Linux specific module and requires /dev/kmsg device with structured kernel logs. +<p><b>Sample:</b></p> +<p>The following sample pulls messages from the /dev/kmsg log device. 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 messages.<br> +</p> +<textarea rows="15" cols="60">$ModLoad imkmsg +</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 © 2008-2009 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> |