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diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d011bd2b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html @@ -0,0 +1,242 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>Global Directives - rsyslog.conf</title></head> +<body> +<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p> +<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> +<h2>Global Directives</h2> +<p>All global directives need to be specified on a line by their +own and must start with a dollar-sign. Here is a list in alphabetical +order. Follow links for a description.</p> +<p>Please note that not all directives here are actually global. Some affect +only the next action. This documentation will be changed soon. +<p>Not all directives have an in-depth description right now. +Default values for them are in bold. A more in-depth description will +appear as implementation progresses. +</p> +<p><b>Be sure to read information about <a href="queues.html">queues in rsyslog</a></b> - +many parameter settings modify queue parameters. If in doubt, use the +default, it is usually well-chosen and applicable in most cases.</p> +<ul> +<li><a href="rsconf1_actionexeconlywhenpreviousissuspended.html">$ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended</a></li> +<li>$ActionExecOnlyOnceEveryInterval <seconds> - +execute action only if the last execute is at last +<seconds> seconds in the past (more info in <a href="ommail.html">ommail</a>, +but may be used with any action)</li> +<li><i><b>$ActionExecOnlyEveryNthTime</b> <number></i> - If configured, the next action will +only be executed every n-th time. For example, if configured to 3, the first two messages +that go into the action will be dropped, the 3rd will actually cause the action to execute, +the 4th and 5th will be dropped, the 6th executed under the action, ... and so on. Note: +this setting is automatically re-set when the actual action is defined.</li> +<li><i><b>$ActionExecOnlyEveryNthTimeTimeout</b> <number-of-seconds></i> - has a meaning only if +$ActionExecOnlyEveryNthTime is also configured for the same action. If so, the timeout +setting specifies after which period the counting of "previous actions" expires and +a new action count is begun. Specify 0 (the default) to disable timeouts. +<br> +<i>Why is this option needed?</i> Consider this case: a message comes in at, eg., 10am. That's +count 1. Then, nothing happens for the next 10 hours. At 8pm, the next +one occurs. That's count 2. Another 5 hours later, the next message +occurs, bringing the total count to 3. Thus, this message now triggers +the rule. +<br> +The question is if this is desired behavior? Or should the rule only be +triggered if the messages occur within an e.g. 20 minute window? If the +later is the case, you need a +<br> +$ActionExecOnlyEveryNthTimeTimeout 1200 +<br> +This directive will timeout previous messages seen if they are older +than 20 minutes. In the example above, the count would now be always 1 +and consequently no rule would ever be triggered. + +<li>$ActionFileDefaultTemplate [templateName] - sets a new default template for file actions</li> +<li>$ActionFileEnableSync [on/<span style="font-weight: bold;">off</span>] - enables file +syncing capability of omfile</li> +<li>$ActionForwardDefaultTemplate [templateName] - sets a new +default template for UDP and plain TCP forwarding action</li> +<li>$ActionGSSForwardDefaultTemplate [templateName] - sets a +new default template for GSS-API forwarding action</li> +<li>$ActionQueueCheckpointInterval <number></li> +<li>$ActionQueueDequeueSlowdown <number> [number +is timeout in <i> micro</i>seconds (1000000us is 1sec!), +default 0 (no delay). Simple rate-limiting!]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueDiscardMark <number> [default +9750]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueDiscardSeverity <number> +[*numerical* severity! default 4 (warning)]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueFileName <name></li> +<li>$ActionQueueHighWaterMark <number> [default +8000]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueImmediateShutdown [on/<b>off</b>]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueSize <number></li> +<li>$ActionQueueLowWaterMark <number> [default +2000]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueMaxFileSize <size_nbr>, default 1m</li> +<li>$ActionQueueTimeoutActionCompletion <number> +[number is timeout in ms (1000ms is 1sec!), default 1000, 0 means +immediate!]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueTimeoutEnqueue <number> [number +is timeout in ms (1000ms is 1sec!), default 2000, 0 means indefinite]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueTimeoutShutdown <number> [number +is timeout in ms (1000ms is 1sec!), default 0 (indefinite)]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueWorkerTimeoutThreadShutdown +<number> [number is timeout in ms (1000ms is 1sec!), +default 60000 (1 minute)]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueType [FixedArray/LinkedList/<b>Direct</b>/Disk]</li> +<li>$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown [on/<b>off</b>] +</li> +<li>$ActionQueueWorkerThreads <number>, num worker threads, default 1, recommended 1</li> +<li>$ActionQueueWorkerThreadMinumumMessages <number>, default 100</li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_actionresumeinterval.html">$ActionResumeInterval</a></li> +<li>$ActionResumeRetryCount <number> [default 0, -1 means eternal]</li> +<li>$ActionSendResendLastMsgOnReconn <[on/<b>off</b>]> specifies if the last message is to be resend when a connecition broken and has been reconnedcted. May increase reliability, but comes at the risk of message duplication. +<li>$ActionSendStreamDriver <driver basename> just like $DefaultNetstreamDriver, but for the specific action +</li><li>$ActionSendStreamDriverMode <mode>, default 0, mode to use with the stream driver +(driver-specific)</li><li>$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode <mode>, authentication mode to use with the stream driver +(driver-specific)</li><li>$ActionSendStreamDriverPermittedPeer <ID>, accepted fingerprint (SHA1) or name of remote peer +(driver-specific) -<span style="font-weight: bold;"> directive may go away</span>!</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">$DebugPrintCFSyslineHandlerList</a></li> + +<li><a href="rsconf1_debugprintmodulelist.html">$DebugPrintModuleList</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_debugprinttemplatelist.html">$DebugPrintTemplateList</a></li> +<li>$DefaultNetstreamDriver <drivername>, the default <a href="netstream.html">network stream driver</a> to use. Defaults to ptcp.$DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile </path/to/cafile.pem></li> +<li>$DefaultNetstreamDriverCertFile </path/to/certfile.pem></li> +<li>$DefaultNetstreamDriverKeyFile </path/to/keyfile.pem></li> +<li><b>$CreateDirs</b> [<b>on</b>/off] - create directories on an as-needed basis</li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_dircreatemode.html">$DirCreateMode</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_dirgroup.html">$DirGroup</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_dirowner.html">$DirOwner</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_dropmsgswithmaliciousdnsptrrecords.html">$DropMsgsWithMaliciousDnsPTRRecords</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_droptrailinglfonreception.html">$DropTrailingLFOnReception</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_dynafilecachesize.html">$DynaFileCacheSize</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_escapecontrolcharactersonreceive.html">$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive</a></li> +<li>$ErrorMessagesToStderr [<b>on</b>|off] - direct rsyslogd error message to stderr (in addition to other targets)</li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_failonchownfailure.html">$FailOnChownFailure</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_filecreatemode.html">$FileCreateMode</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_filegroup.html">$FileGroup</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_fileowner.html">$FileOwner</a></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">$GssMode</a></li> +<li>$HUPisRestart [<b>on</b>/off] - if set to on, a HUP is a full daemon restart. This means any queued messages are discarded (depending +on queue configuration, of course) all modules are unloaded and reloaded. This mode keeps compatible with sysklogd, but is +not recommended for use with rsyslog. To do a full restart, simply stop and start the daemon. The default is "on" for +compatibility reasons. If it is set to "off", a HUP will only close open files. This is a much quicker action and usually +the only one that is needed e.g. for log rotation. <b>It is recommended to set the setting to "off".</b></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> +<li>$MainMsgQueueDiscardMark <number> [default 9750]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueDiscardSeverity <severity> +[either a textual or numerical severity! default 4 (warning)]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueFileName <name></li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueHighWaterMark <number> [default +8000]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueImmediateShutdown [on/<b>off</b>]</li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_mainmsgqueuesize.html">$MainMsgQueueSize</a></li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueLowWaterMark <number> [default +2000]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueMaxFileSize <size_nbr>, default +1m</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueTimeoutActionCompletion +<number> [number is timeout in ms (1000ms is 1sec!), +default +1000, 0 means immediate!]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueTimeoutEnqueue <number> [number +is timeout in ms (1000ms is 1sec!), default 2000, 0 means indefinite]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueTimeoutShutdown <number> [number +is timeout in ms (1000ms is 1sec!), default 0 (indefinite)]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueWorkerTimeoutThreadShutdown +<number> [number is timeout in ms (1000ms is 1sec!), +default 60000 (1 minute)]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueType [<b>FixedArray</b>/LinkedList/Direct/Disk]</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueSaveOnShutdown [on/<b>off</b>] +</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueWorkerThreads <number>, num +worker threads, default 1, recommended 1</li> +<li>$MainMsgQueueWorkerThreadMinumumMessages <number>, default 100</li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_markmessageperiod.html">$MarkMessagePeriod</a> (immark)</li> +<li><b><i>$MaxMessageSize</i></b> <size_nbr>, default 2k - allows to specify maximum supported message size +(both for sending and receiving). The default +should be sufficient for almost all cases. Do not set this below 1k, as it would cause +interoperability problems with other syslog implementations.<br> +Change the setting to e.g. 32768 if you would like to +support large message sizes for IHE (32k is the current maximum +needed for IHE). I was initially tempted to set the default to 32k, +but there is a some memory footprint with the current +implementation in rsyslog. +<br>If you intend to receive Windows Event Log data (e.g. via +<a href="http://www.eventreporter.com/">EventReporter</a>), you might want to +increase this number to an even higher value, as event +log messages can be very lengthy ("$MaxMessageSize 64k" is not a bad idea). +Note: testing showed that 4k seems to be +the typical maximum for <b>UDP</b> based syslog. This is an IP stack +restriction. Not always ... but very often. If you go beyond +that value, be sure to test that rsyslogd actually does what +you think it should do ;) It is highly suggested to use a TCP based transport +instead of UDP (plain TCP syslog, RELP). This resolves the UDP stack size restrictions. +<br>Note that 2k, the current default, is the smallest size that must be +supported in order to be compliant to the upcoming new syslog RFC series. +</li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_moddir.html">$ModDir</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_modload.html">$ModLoad</a></li> +<li><b>$RepeatedMsgContainsOriginalMsg</b> [on/<b>off</b>] - "last message repeated n times" messages, if generated, +have a different format that contains the message that is being repeated. +Note that only the first "n" characters are included, with n to be at least 80 characters, most +probably more (this may change from version to version, thus no specific limit is given). The bottom +line is that n is large enough to get a good idea which message was repeated but it is not necessarily +large enough for the whole message. (Introduced with 4.1.5). Once set, it affects all following actions.</li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_repeatedmsgreduction.html">$RepeatedMsgReduction</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_resetconfigvariables.html">$ResetConfigVariables</a></li> +<li><b>$OptimizeForUniprocessor</b> [on/<b>off</b>] - turns on optimizatons which lead to better +performance on uniprocessors. If you run on multicore-machiens, turning this off lessens CPU load. The +default may change as uniprocessor systems become less common.</li> +<li>$PreserveFQDN [on/<b>off</b>) - if set to off (legacy default to remain compatible +to sysklogd), the domain part from a name that is within the same domain as the receiving +system is stripped. If set to on, full names are always used.</li> +<li>$WorkDirectory <name> (directory for spool and other work files)</li> +<li>$UDPServerAddress <IP> (imudp) -- local IP +address (or name) the UDP listens should bind to</li> +<li>$UDPServerRun <port> (imudp) -- former +-r<port> option, default 514, start UDP server on this +port, "*" means all addresses</li> +<li>$UDPServerTimeRequery <nbr-of-times> (imudp) -- this is a performance +optimization. Getting the system time is very costly. With this setting, imudp can +be instructed to obtain the precise time only once every n-times. This logic is +only activated if messages come in at a very fast rate, so doing less frequent +time calls should usually be acceptable. The default value is two, because we have +seen that even without optimization the kernel often returns twice the identical time. +You can set this value as high as you like, but do so at your own risk. The higher +the value, the less precise the timestamp. +<li><a href="droppriv.html">$PrivDropToGroup</a></li> +<li><a href="droppriv.html">$PrivDropToGroupID</a></li> +<li><a href="droppriv.html">$PrivDropToUser</a></li> +<li><a href="droppriv.html">$PrivDropToUserID</a></li> +</ul> +<li><a href="rsconf1_umask.html">$UMASK</a></li> +</ul> +<p><b>Where <size_nbr> is specified above,</b> +modifiers can be used after the number part. For example, 1k means +1024. Supported are k(ilo), m(ega), g(iga), t(era), p(eta) and e(xa). +Lower case letters refer to the traditional binary defintion (e.g. 1m +equals 1,048,576) whereas upper case letters refer to their new +1000-based definition (e.g 1M equals 1,000,000).</p> +<p>Numbers may include '.' and ',' for readability. So you can +for example specify either "1000" or "1,000" with the same result. +Please note that rsyslogd simply ignores the punctuation. Form it's +point of view, "1,,0.0.,.,0" also has the value 1000. </p> + +<p>[<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] +[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf</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 2 or higher.</font></p> +</body> +</html> + + |