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diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am index 22d368e0..fef1e44c 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ html_files = \ omrelp.html \ status.html \ troubleshoot.html \ + rsyslog_conf_actions.html \ + rsyslog_conf_examples.html \ + rsyslog_conf_filter.html \ + rsyslog_conf_global.html \ + rsyslog_conf_modules.html \ + rsyslog_conf_output.html \ + rsyslog_conf_templates.html \ src/classes.dia EXTRA_DIST = $(html_files) diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2ef3f4b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html @@ -0,0 +1,336 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>Actions - rsyslog.conf</title></head> +<body> +<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p> +<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> +<h2>Actions</h2> +<p>The action field of a rule describes what to do with the +message. In general, message content is written to a kind of "logfile". +But also other actions might be done, like writing to a database table +or forwarding to another host.<br> +<br> +Templates can be used with all actions. If used, the specified template +is used to generate the message content (instead of the default +template). To specify a template, write a semicolon after the action +value immediately followed by the template name.<br> +<br> +Beware: templates MUST be defined BEFORE they are used. It is OK to +define some templates, then use them in selector lines, define more +templates and use use them in the following selector lines. But it is +NOT permitted to use a template in a selector line that is above its +definition. If you do this, the action will be ignored.</p> +<p><b>You can have multiple actions for a single selector </b> (or +more precisely a single filter of such a selector line). Each action +must be on its own line and the line must start with an ampersand +('&') character and have no filters. An example would be</p> +<p><code><b>*.=crit rger<br> +& root<br> +& /var/log/critmsgs</b></code></p> +<p>These three lines send critical messages to the user rger and +root and also store them in /var/log/critmsgs. <b>Using multiple +actions per selector is</b> convenient and also <b>offers +a performance benefit</b>. As the filter needs to be evaluated +only once, there is less computation required to process the directive +compared to the otherwise-equal config directives below:</p> +<p><code><b>*.=crit rger<br> +*.=crit root<br> +*.=crit /var/log/critmsgs</b></code></p> +<p> </p> +<h3>Regular File</h3> +<p>Typically messages are logged to real files. The file has to +be specified with full pathname, beginning with a slash "/''.<br> +<br> +<br> +You may prefix each entry with the minus "-'' sign to omit syncing the +file after every logging. Note that you might lose information if the +system crashes right behind a write attempt. Nevertheless this might +give you back some performance, especially if you run programs that use +logging in a very verbose manner.</p> +<p>If your system is connected to a reliable UPS and you receive +lots of log data (e.g. firewall logs), it might be a very good idea to +turn of +syncing by specifying the "-" in front of the file name. </p> +<p><b>The filename can be either static </b>(always +the same) or <b>dynamic</b> (different based on message +received). The later is useful if you would automatically split +messages into different files based on some message criteria. For +example, dynamic file name selectors allow you to split messages into +different files based on the host that sent them. With dynamic file +names, everything is automatic and you do not need any filters. </p> +<p>It works via the template system. First, you define a template +for the file name. An example can be seen above in the description of +template. We will use the "DynFile" template defined there. Dynamic +filenames are indicated by specifying a questions mark "?" instead of a +slash, followed by the template name. Thus, the selector line for our +dynamic file name would look as follows:</p> +<blockquote> +<code>*.* ?DynFile</code> +</blockquote> +<p>That's all you need to do. Rsyslog will now automatically +generate file names for you and store the right messages into the right +files. Please note that the minus sign also works with dynamic file +name selectors. Thus, to avoid syncing, you may use</p> +<blockquote> +<code>*.* -?DynFile</code></blockquote> +<p>And of course you can use templates to specify the output +format:</p> +<blockquote> +<code>*.* ?DynFile;MyTemplate</code></blockquote> +<p><b>A word of caution:</b> rsyslog creates files as +needed. So if a new host is using your syslog server, rsyslog will +automatically create a new file for it.</p> +<p><b>Creating directories is also supported</b>. For +example you can use the hostname as directory and the program name as +file name:</p> +<blockquote> +<code>$template DynFile,"/var/log/%HOSTNAME%/%programname%.log"</code></blockquote> +<h3>Named Pipes</h3> +<p>This version of rsyslogd(8) has support for logging output to +named pipes (fifos). A fifo or named pipe can be used as a destination +for log messages by prepending a pipe symbol ("|'') to the name of the +file. This is handy for debugging. Note that the fifo must be created +with the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd(8) is started.</p> +<h3>Terminal and Console</h3> +<p>If the file you specified is a tty, special tty-handling is +done, same with /dev/console.</p> +<h3>Remote Machine</h3> +<p>Rsyslogd provides full remote logging, i.e. is able to send +messages to a remote host running rsyslogd(8) and to receive messages +from remote hosts. Using this feature you're able to control all syslog +messages on one host, if all other machines will log remotely to that. +This tears down<br> +administration needs.<br> +<br> +<b>Please note that this version of rsyslogd by default does NOT +forward messages it has received from the network to another host. +Specify the "-h" option to enable this.</b></p> +<p>To forward messages to another host, prepend the hostname with +the at sign ("@"). A single at sign means that messages will +be forwarded via UDP protocol (the standard for syslog). If you prepend +two at signs ("@@"), the messages will be transmitted via TCP. Please +note that plain TCP based syslog is not officially standardized, but +most major syslogds support it (e.g. syslog-ng or WinSyslog). The +forwarding action indicator (at-sign) can be followed by one or more +options. If they are given, they must be immediately (without a space) +following the final at sign and be enclosed in parenthesis. The +individual options must be separated by commas. The following options +are right now defined:</p> +<table id="table2" border="1" width="100%"> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td> +<p align="center"><b>z<number></b></p> +</td> +<td>Enable zlib-compression for the message. The +<number> is the compression level. It can be 1 (lowest +gain, lowest CPU overhead) to 9 (maximum compression, highest CPU +overhead). The level can also be 0, which means "no compression". If +given, the "z" option is ignored. So this does not make an awful lot of +sense. There is hardly a difference between level 1 and 9 for typical +syslog messages. You can expect a compression gain between 0% and 30% +for typical messages. Very chatty messages may compress up to 50%, but +this is seldom seen with typically traffic. Please note that rsyslogd +checks the compression gain. Messages with 60 bytes or less will never +be compressed. This is because compression gain is pretty unlikely and +we prefer to save CPU cycles. Messages over that size are always +compressed. However, it is checked if there is a gain in compression +and only if there is, the compressed message is transmitted. Otherwise, +the uncompressed messages is transmitted. This saves the receiver CPU +cycles for decompression. It also prevents small message to actually +become larger in compressed form. +<p><b>Please note that when a TCP transport is used, +compression will also turn on syslog-transport-tls framing. See the "o" +option for important information on the implications.</b></p> +<p>Compressed messages are automatically detected and +decompressed by the receiver. There is nothing that needs to be +configured on the receiver side.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p align="center"><b>o</b></p> +</td> +<td><b>This option is experimental. Use at your own +risk and only if you know why you need it! If in doubt, do NOT turn it +on.</b> +<p>This option is only valid for plain TCP based +transports. It selects a different framing based on IETF internet draft +syslog-transport-tls-06. This framing offers some benefits over +traditional LF-based framing. However, the standardization effort is +not yet complete. There may be changes in upcoming versions of this +standard. Rsyslog will be kept in line with the standard. There is some +chance that upcoming changes will be incompatible to the current +specification. In this case, all systems using -transport-tls framing +must be upgraded. There will be no effort made to retain compatibility +between different versions of rsyslog. The primary reason for that is +that it seems technically impossible to provide compatibility between +some of those changes. So you should take this note very serious. It is +not something we do not *like* to do (and may change our mind if enough +people beg...), it is something we most probably *can not* do for +technical reasons (aka: you can beg as much as you like, it won't +change anything...).</p> +<p>The most important implication is that compressed syslog +messages via TCP must be considered with care. Unfortunately, it is +technically impossible to transfer compressed records over traditional +syslog plain tcp transports, so you are left with two evil choices...</p> +</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> +<p><br> +The hostname may be followed by a colon and the destination port.</p> +<p>The following is an example selector line with forwarding:</p> +<p>*.* @@(o,z9)192.168.0.1:1470</p> +<p>In this example, messages are forwarded via plain TCP with +experimental framing and maximum compression to the host 192.168.0.1 at +port 1470.</p> +<p>*.* @192.168.0.1</p> +<p>In the example above, messages are forwarded via UDP to the +machine 192.168.0.1, the destination port defaults to 514. Messages +will not be compressed.</p> +<p>Note that IPv6 addresses contain colons. So if an IPv6 address is specified +in the hostname part, rsyslogd could not detect where the IP address ends +and where the port starts. There is a syntax extension to support this: +put squary brackets around the address (e.g. "[2001::1]"). Square +brackets also work with real host names and IPv4 addresses, too. +<p>A valid sample to send messages to the IPv6 host 2001::1 at port 515 +is as follows: +<p>*.* @[2001::1]:515 +<p>This works with TCP, too. +<p><b>Note to sysklogd users:</b> sysklogd does <b>not</b> +support RFC 3164 format, which is the default forwarding template in +rsyslog. As such, you will experience duplicate hostnames if rsyslog is +the sender and sysklogd is the receiver. The fix is simple: you need to +use a different template. Use that one:</p> +<p class="MsoPlainText">$template +sysklogd,"<%PRI%>%TIMESTAMP% %syslogtag%%msg%\""<br> +*.* @192.168.0.1;sysklogd</p> +<h3>List of Users</h3> +<p>Usually critical messages are also directed to "root'' on +that machine. You can specify a list of users that shall get the +message by simply writing the login. You may specify more than one user +by separating them with commas (",''). If they're logged in they get +the message. Don't think a mail would be sent, that might be too late.</p> +<h3>Everyone logged on</h3> +<p>Emergency messages often go to all users currently online to +notify them that something strange is happening with the system. To +specify this wall(1)-feature use an asterisk ("*'').</p> +<h3>Call Plugin</h3> +<p>This is a generic way to call an output plugin. The plugin +must support this functionality. Actual parameters depend on the +module, so see the module's doc on what to supply. The general syntax +is as follows:</p> +<p>:modname:params;template</p> +<p>Currently, the ommysql database output module supports this +syntax (in addtion to the ">" syntax it traditionally +supported). For ommysql, the module name is "ommysql" and the params +are the traditional ones. The ;template part is not module specific, it +is generic rsyslog functionality available to all modules.</p> +<p>As an example, the ommysql module may be called as follows:</p> +<p>:ommysql:dbhost,dbname,dbuser,dbpassword;dbtemplate</p> +<p>For details, please see the "Database Table" section of this +documentation.</p> +<p>Note: as of this writing, the ":modname:" part is hardcoded +into the module. So the name to use is not necessarily the name the +module's plugin file is called.</p> +<h3>Database Table</h3> +<p>This allows logging of the message to a database table. +Currently, only MySQL databases are supported. However, other database +drivers will most probably be developed as plugins. 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 and assign this template to the action.<br> +<br> +The database writer is called by specifying a greater-then sign +(">") in front of the database connect information. Immediately +after that<br> +sign the database host name must be given, a comma, the database name, +another comma, the database user, a comma and then the user's password. +If a specific 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, 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 ommysql</b></code></p> +<p>directive some place above the first use of the database write +(we recommend 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 to filter out messages before carrying on any +further processing. For obvious reasons, the results of "discard" are +depending on where in the configuration file it is being used. Please +note that once a message has been discarded there is no way to retrieve +it in later configuration file lines.</p> +<p>Discard can be highly effective if you want to filter out some +annoying messages that otherwise would fill your log files. To do that, +place the discard actions early in your log files. This often plays +well with property-based filters, giving you great freedom in +specifying what you do not want.</p> +<p>Discard is just the single tilde character with no further +parameters:</p> +<p>~</p> +<p>For example,</p> +<p>*.* ~</p> +<p>discards everything (ok, you can achive the same by not +running rsyslogd at all...).</p> +<h3>Output Channel</h3> +<p>Binds an output channel definition (see there for details) to +this action. Output channel actions must start with a $-sign, e.g. if +you would like to bind your output channel definition "mychannel" to +the action, use "$mychannel". Output channels support template +definitions like all all other actions.</p> +<h3>Shell Execute</h3> +<p>This executes a program in a subshell. The program is passed +the template-generated message as the only command line parameter. +Rsyslog waits until the program terminates and only then continues to +run.</p> +<p>^program-to-execute;template</p> +<p>The program-to-execute can be any valid executable. It +receives the template string as a single parameter (argv[1]).</p> +<p><b>WARNING:</b> The Shell Execute action was added +to serve an urgent need. While it is considered reasonable save when +used with some thinking, its implications must be considered. The +current implementation uses a system() call to execute the command. +This is not the best way to do it (and will hopefully changed in +further releases). Also, proper escaping of special characters is done +to prevent command injection. However, attackers always find smart ways +to circumvent escaping, so we can not say if the escaping applied will +really safe you from all hassles. Lastly, rsyslog will wait until the +shell command terminates. Thus, a program error in it (e.g. an infinite +loop) can actually disable rsyslog. Even without that, during the +programs run-time no messages are processed by rsyslog. As the IP +stacks buffers are quickly overflowed, this bears an increased risk of +message loss. You must be aware of these implications. Even though they +are severe, there are several cases where the "shell execute" action is +very useful. This is the reason why we have included it in its current +form. To mitigate its risks, always a) test your program thoroughly, b) +make sure its runtime is as short as possible (if it requires a longer +run-time, you might want to spawn your own sub-shell asynchronously), +c) apply proper firewalling so that only known senders can send syslog +messages to rsyslog. Point c) is especially important: if rsyslog is +accepting message from any hosts, chances are much higher that an +attacker might try to exploit the "shell execute" action.</p> +<h3>Template Name</h3> +<p>Every ACTION can be followed by a template name. If so, that +template is used for message formatting. If no name is given, a +hard-coded default template is used for the action. There can only be +one template name for each given action. The default template is +specific to each action. For a description of what a template is and +what you can do with it, see "TEMPLATES" at the top of this document.</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 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> + diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_examples.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_examples.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b46460e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_examples.html @@ -0,0 +1,209 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>Examples - rsyslog.conf</title></head> +<body> +<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p> +<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> +<h2>Examples</h2> +<p>Below are example for templates and selector lines. I hope +they are self-explanatory. If not, please see +www.monitorware.com/rsyslog/ for advise.</p> +<h3>TEMPLATES</h3> +<p>Please note that the samples are split across multiple lines. +A template MUST NOT actually be split across multiple lines.<br> +<br> +A template that resembles traditional syslogd file output:<br> +$template TraditionalFormat,"%timegenerated% %HOSTNAME%<br> +%syslogtag%%msg:::drop-last-lf%\n"<br> +<br> +A template that tells you a little more about the message:<br> +$template +precise,"%syslogpriority%,%syslogfacility%,%timegenerated%,%HOSTNAME%,<br> +%syslogtag%,%msg%\n"<br> +<br> +A template for RFC 3164 format:<br> +$template RFC3164fmt,"<%PRI%>%TIMESTAMP% %HOSTNAME% +%syslogtag%%msg%"<br> +<br> +A template for the format traditonally used for user messages:<br> +$template usermsg," XXXX%syslogtag%%msg%\n\r"<br> +<br> +And a template with the traditonal wall-message format:<br> +$template wallmsg,"\r\n\7Message from syslogd@%HOSTNAME% at +%timegenerated%<br> +<br> +A template that can be used for the database write (please note the SQL<br> +template option)<br> +$template MySQLInsert,"insert iut, message, receivedat values<br> +('%iut%', '%msg:::UPPERCASE%', '%timegenerated:::date-mysql%')<br> +into systemevents\r\n", SQL<br> +<br> +The following template emulates <a href="http://www.winsyslog.com/en/">WinSyslog</a> +format (it's an <a href="http://www.adiscon.com/en/">Adiscon</a> +format, you do not feel bad if you don't know it ;)). It's interesting +to see how it takes different parts out of the date stamps. What +happens is that the date stamp is split into the actual date and time +and the these two are combined with just a comma in between them.<br> +<br> +$template WinSyslogFmt,"%HOSTNAME%,%timegenerated:1:10:date-rfc3339%,<br> +%timegenerated:12:19:date-rfc3339%,%timegenerated:1:10:date-rfc3339%,<br> +%timegenerated:12:19:date-rfc3339%,%syslogfacility%,%syslogpriority%,<br> +%syslogtag%%msg%\n"</p> +<h3>SELECTOR LINES</h3> +<p># Store critical stuff in critical<br> +#<br> +*.=crit;kern.none /var/adm/critical<br> +<br> +This will store all messages with the priority crit in the file +/var/adm/critical, except for any kernel message.<br> +<br> +<br> +# Kernel messages are first, stored in the kernel<br> +# file, critical messages and higher ones also go<br> +# to another host and to the console. Messages to<br> +# the host finlandia are forwarded in RFC 3164<br> +# format (using the template defined above).<br> +#<br> +kern.* /var/adm/kernel<br> +kern.crit @finlandia;RFC3164fmt<br> +kern.crit /dev/console<br> +kern.info;kern.!err /var/adm/kernel-info<br> +<br> +The first rule direct any message that has the kernel facility to the +file /var/adm/kernel.<br> +<br> +The second statement directs all kernel messages of the priority crit +and higher to the remote host finlandia. This is useful, because if the +host crashes and the disks get irreparable errors you might not be able +to read the stored messages. If they're on a remote host, too, you +still can try to find out the reason for the crash.<br> +<br> +The third rule directs these messages to the actual console, so the +person who works on the machine will get them, too.<br> +<br> +The fourth line tells rsyslogd to save all kernel messages that come +with priorities from info up to warning in the file +/var/adm/kernel-info. Everything from err and higher is excluded.<br> +<br> +<br> +# The tcp wrapper loggs with mail.info, we display<br> +# all the connections on tty12<br> +#<br> +mail.=info /dev/tty12<br> +<br> +This directs all messages that uses mail.info (in source LOG_MAIL | +LOG_INFO) to /dev/tty12, the 12th console. For example the tcpwrapper +tcpd(8) uses this as it's default.<br> +<br> +<br> +# Store all mail concerning stuff in a file<br> +#<br> +mail.*;mail.!=info /var/adm/mail<br> +<br> +This pattern matches all messages that come with the mail facility, +except for the info priority. These will be stored in the file +/var/adm/mail.<br> +<br> +<br> +# Log all mail.info and news.info messages to info<br> +#<br> +mail,news.=info /var/adm/info<br> +<br> +This will extract all messages that come either with mail.info or with +news.info and store them in the file /var/adm/info.<br> +<br> +<br> +# Log info and notice messages to messages file<br> +#<br> +*.=info;*.=notice;\<br> +mail.none /var/log/messages<br> +<br> +This lets rsyslogd log all messages that come with either the info or +the notice facility into the file /var/log/messages, except for all<br> +messages that use the mail facility.<br> +<br> +<br> +# Log info messages to messages file<br> +#<br> +*.=info;\<br> +mail,news.none /var/log/messages<br> +<br> +This statement causes rsyslogd to log all messages that come with the +info priority to the file /var/log/messages. But any message coming +either with the mail or the news facility will not be stored.<br> +<br> +<br> +# Emergency messages will be displayed using wall<br> +#<br> +*.=emerg *<br> +<br> +This rule tells rsyslogd to write all emergency messages to all +currently logged in users. This is the wall action.<br> +<br> +<br> +# Messages of the priority alert will be directed<br> +# to the operator<br> +#<br> +*.alert root,rgerhards<br> +<br> +This rule directs all messages with a priority of alert or higher to +the terminals of the operator, i.e. of the users "root'' and +"rgerhards'' if they're logged in.<br> +<br> +<br> +*.* @finlandia<br> +<br> +This rule would redirect all messages to a remote host called +finlandia. This is useful especially in a cluster of machines where all +syslog messages will be stored on only one machine.<br> +<br> +In the format shown above, UDP is used for transmitting the message. +The destination port is set to the default auf 514. Rsyslog is also +capable of using much more secure and reliable TCP sessions for message +forwarding. Also, the destination port can be specified. To select TCP, +simply add one additional @ in front of the host name (that is, @host +is UPD, @@host is TCP). For example:<br> +<br> +<br> +*.* @@finlandia<br> +<br> +To specify the destination port on the remote machine, use a colon +followed by the port number after the machine name. The following +forwards to port 1514 on finlandia:<br> +<br> +<br> +*.* @@finlandia:1514<br> +<br> +This syntax works both with TCP and UDP based syslog. However, you will +probably primarily need it for TCP, as there is no well-accepted port +for this transport (it is non-standard). For UDP, you can usually stick +with the default auf 514, but might want to modify it for security rea-<br> +sons. If you would like to do that, it's quite easy:<br> +<br> +<br> +*.* @finlandia:1514<br> +<br> +<br> +<br> +*.* >dbhost,dbname,dbuser,dbpassword;dbtemplate<br> +<br> +This rule writes all message to the database "dbname" hosted on +"dbhost". The login is done with user "dbuser" and password +"dbpassword". The actual table that is updated is specified within the +template (which contains the insert statement). The template is called +"dbtemplate" in this case.</p> +<p>:msg,contains,"error" @errorServer</p> +<p>This rule forwards all messages that contain the word "error" +in the msg part to the server "errorServer". Forwarding is via UDP. +Please note the colon in fron</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 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> + diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_filter.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_filter.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..55244c15 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_filter.html @@ -0,0 +1,280 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>Filter Conditions - rsyslog.conf</title></head> +<body> +<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p> +<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> +<h2>Filter Conditions</h2> +<p>Rsyslog offers four different types "filter conditions":</p> +<ul> +<li>BSD-style blocks</li> +<li>"traditional" severity and facility based selectors</li> +<li>property-based filters</li> +<li>expression-based filters</li> +</ul> +<h3>Blocks</h3> +<p>Rsyslogd supports BSD-style blocks inside rsyslog.conf. Each +block of lines is separated from the previous block by a program or +hostname specification. A block will only log messages corresponding to +the most recent program and hostname specifications given. Thus, a +block which selects ‘ppp’ as the program, directly followed by a block +that selects messages from the hostname ‘dialhost’, then the second +block will only log messages from the ppp program on dialhost. +</p> +<p>A program specification is a line beginning with ‘!prog’ and +the following blocks will be associated with calls to syslog from that +specific program. A program specification for ‘foo’ will also match any +message logged by the kernel with the prefix ‘foo: ’. Alternatively, a +program specification ‘-foo’ causes the following blocks to be applied +to messages from any program but the one specified. A hostname +specification of the form ‘+hostname’ and the following blocks will be +applied to messages received from the specified hostname. +Alternatively, a hostname specification ‘-hostname’ causes the +following blocks to be applied to messages from any host but the one +specified. If the hostname is given as ‘@’, the local hostname will be +used. (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED) A program or hostname specification may be +reset by giving the program or hostname as ‘*’.</p> +<p>Please note that the "#!prog", "#+hostname" and "#-hostname" +syntax available in BSD syslogd is not supported by rsyslogd. By +default, no hostname or program is set.</p> +<h3>Selectors</h3> +<p><b>Selectors are the traditional way of filtering syslog +messages.</b> They have been kept in rsyslog with their original +syntax, because it is well-known, highly effective and also needed for +compatibility with stock syslogd configuration files. If you just need +to filter based on priority and facility, you should do this with +selector lines. They are <b>not</b> second-class citizens +in rsyslog and offer the best performance for this job.</p> +<p>The selector field itself again consists of two parts, a +facility and a priority, separated by a period (".''). Both parts are +case insensitive and can also be specified as decimal numbers, but +don't do that, you have been warned. Both facilities and priorities are +described in rsyslog(3). The names mentioned below correspond to the +similar LOG_-values in /usr/include/rsyslog.h.<br> +<br> +The facility is one of the following keywords: auth, authpriv, cron, +daemon, kern, lpr, mail, mark, news, security (same as auth), syslog, +user, uucp and local0 through local7. The keyword security should not +be used anymore and mark is only for internal use and therefore should +not be used in applications. Anyway, you may want to specify and +redirect these messages here. The facility specifies the subsystem that +produced the message, i.e. all mail programs log with the mail facility +(LOG_MAIL) if they log using syslog.<br> +<br> +The priority is one of the following keywords, in ascending order: +debug, info, notice, warning, warn (same as warning), err, error (same +as err), crit, alert, emerg, panic (same as emerg). The keywords error, +warn and panic are deprecated and should not be used anymore. The +priority defines the severity of the message.<br> +<br> +The behavior of the original BSD syslogd is that all messages of the +specified priority and higher are logged according to the given action. +Rsyslogd behaves the same, but has some extensions.<br> +<br> +In addition to the above mentioned names the rsyslogd(8) understands +the following extensions: An asterisk ("*'') stands for all facilities +or all priorities, depending on where it is used (before or after the +period). The keyword none stands for no priority of the given facility.<br> +<br> +You can specify multiple facilities with the same priority pattern in +one statement using the comma (",'') operator. You may specify as much +facilities as you want. Remember that only the facility part from such +a statement is taken, a priority part would be skipped.</p> +<p>Multiple selectors may be specified for a single action using +the semicolon (";'') separator. Remember that each selector in the +selector field is capable to overwrite the preceding ones. Using this +behavior you can exclude some priorities from the pattern.</p> +<p>Rsyslogd has a syntax extension to the original BSD source, +that makes its use more intuitively. You may precede every priority +with an equation sign ("='') to specify only this single priority and +not any of the above. You may also (both is valid, too) precede the +priority with an exclamation mark ("!'') to ignore all that +priorities, either exact this one or this and any higher priority. If +you use both extensions than the exclamation mark must occur before the +equation sign, just use it intuitively.</p> +<h3>Property-Based Filters</h3> +<p>Property-based filters are unique to rsyslogd. They allow to +filter on any property, like HOSTNAME, syslogtag and msg. A list of all +currently-supported properties can be found in the <a href="property_replacer.html">property replacer documentation</a> +(but keep in mind that only the properties, not the replacer is +supported). With this filter, each properties can be checked against a +specified value, using a specified compare operation. Currently, there +is only a single compare operation (contains) available, but additional +operations will be added in the future.</p> +<p>A property-based filter must start with a colon in column 0. +This tells rsyslogd that it is the new filter type. The colon must be +followed by the property name, a comma, the name of the compare +operation to carry out, another comma and then the value to compare +against. This value must be quoted. There can be spaces and tabs +between the commas. Property names and compare operations are +case-sensitive, so "msg" works, while "MSG" is an invalid property +name. In brief, the syntax is as follows:</p> +<p><code><b>:property, [!]compare-operation, "value"</b></code></p> +<p>The following <b>compare-operations</b> are +currently supported:</p> +<table id="table1" border="1" width="100%"> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td>contains</td> +<td>Checks if the string provided in value is contained in +the property. There must be an exact match, wildcards are not supported.</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>isequal</td> +<td>Compares the "value" string provided and the property +contents. These two values must be exactly equal to match. The +difference to contains is that contains searches for the value anywhere +inside the property value, whereas all characters must be identical for +isequal. As such, isequal is most useful for fields like syslogtag or +FROMHOST, where you probably know the exact contents.</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>startswith</td> +<td>Checks if the value is found exactly at the beginning +of the property value. For example, if you search for "val" with +<p><code><b>:msg, startswith, "val"</b></code></p> +<p>it will be a match if msg contains "values are in this +message" but it won't match if the msg contains "There are values in +this message" (in the later case, contains would match). Please note +that "startswith" is by far faster than regular expressions. So even +once they are implemented, it can make very much sense +(performance-wise) to use "startswith".</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>regex</td> +<td>Compares the property against the provided POSIX +regular +expression.</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> +<p>You can use the bang-character (!) immediately in front of a +compare-operation, the outcome of this operation is negated. For +example, if msg contains "This is an informative message", the +following sample would not match:</p> +<p><code><b>:msg, contains, "error"</b></code></p> +<p>but this one matches:</p> +<p><code><b>:msg, !contains, "error"</b></code></p> +<p>Using negation can be useful if you would like to do some +generic processing but exclude some specific events. You can use the +discard action in conjunction with that. A sample would be:</p> +<p><code><b>*.* +/var/log/allmsgs-including-informational.log<br> +:msg, contains, "informational" <font color="#ff0000" size="4">~</font> +<br> +*.* /var/log/allmsgs-but-informational.log</b></code></p> +<p>Do not overlook the red tilde in line 2! In this sample, all +messages are written to the file allmsgs-including-informational.log. +Then, all messages containing the string "informational" are discarded. +That means the config file lines below the "discard line" (number 2 in +our sample) will not be applied to this message. Then, all remaining +lines will also be written to the file allmsgs-but-informational.log.</p> +<p><b>Value</b> is a quoted string. It supports some +escape sequences:</p> +<p>\" - the quote character (e.g. "String with \"Quotes\"")<br> +\\ - the backslash character (e.g. "C:\\tmp")</p> +<p>Escape sequences always start with a backslash. Additional +escape sequences might be added in the future. Backslash characters <b>must</b> +be escaped. Any other sequence then those outlined above is invalid and +may lead to unpredictable results.</p> +<p>Probably, "msg" is the most prominent use case of property +based filters. It is the actual message text. If you would like to +filter based on some message content (e.g. the presence of a specific +code), this can be done easily by:</p> +<p><code><b>:msg, contains, "ID-4711"</b></code></p> +<p>This filter will match when the message contains the string +"ID-4711". Please note that the comparison is case-sensitive, so it +would not match if "id-4711" would be contained in the message.</p> +<p><code><b>:msg, regex, "fatal .* error"</b></code></p> +<p>This filter uses a POSIX regular expression. It matches when +the +string contains the words "fatal" and "error" with anything in between +(e.g. "fatal net error" and "fatal lib error" but not "fatal error" as +two spaces are required by the regular expression!).</p> +<p>Getting property-based filters right can sometimes be +challenging. In order to help you do it with as minimal effort as +possible, rsyslogd spits out debug information for all property-based +filters during their evaluation. To enable this, run rsyslogd in +foreground and specify the "-d" option.</p> +<p>Boolean operations inside property based filters (like +'message contains "ID17" or message contains "ID18"') are currently not +supported (except for "not" as outlined above). Please note that while +it is possible to query facility and severity via property-based +filters, it is far more advisable to use classic selectors (see above) +for those cases.</p> +<h3>Expression-Based Filters</h3> +Expression based filters allow +filtering on arbitrary complex expressions, which can include boolean, +arithmetic and string operations. Expression filters will evolve into a +full configuration scripting language. Unfortunately, their syntax will +slightly change during that process. So if you use them now, you need +to be prepared to change your configuration files some time later. +However, we try to implement the scripting facility as soon as possible +(also in respect to stage work needed). So the window of exposure is +probably not too long.<br> +<br> +Expression based filters are indicated by the keyword "if" in column 1 +of a new line. They have this format:<br> +<br> +if expr then action-part-of-selector-line<br> +<br> +"If" and "then" are fixed keywords that mus be present. "expr" is a +(potentially quite complex) expression. So the <a href="expression.html">expression documentation</a> for +details. "action-part-of-selector-line" is an action, just as you know +it (e.g. "/var/log/logfile" to write to that file).<br> +<br> +A few quick samples:<br> +<br> +<code> +*.* /var/log/file1 # the traditional way<br> +if $msg contains 'error' /var/log/errlog # the expression-based way<br> +</code> +<br> +Right now, you need to specify numerical values if you would like to +check for facilities and severity. These can be found in <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3164.txt">RFC 3164</a>. +If you don't like that, you can of course also use the textual property +- just be sure to use the right one. As expression support is enhanced, +this will change. For example, if you would like to filter on message +that have facility local0, start with "DEVNAME" and have either +"error1" or "error0" in their message content, you could use the +following filter:<br> +<br> +<code> +if $syslogfacility-text == 'local0' and $msg +startswith 'DEVNAME' and ($msg contains 'error1' or $msg contains +'error0') then /var/log/somelog<br> +</code> +<br> +Please note that the above <span style="font-weight: bold;">must +all be on one line</span>! And if you would like to store all +messages except those that contain "error1" or "error0", you just need +to add a "not":<br> +<br> +<code> +if $syslogfacility-text == 'local0' and $msg +startswith 'DEVNAME' and <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> +($msg contains 'error1' or $msg contains +'error0') then /var/log/somelog<br> +</code> +<br> +If you would like to do case-insensitive comparisons, use +"contains_i" instead of "contains" and "startswith_i" instead of +"startswith".<br> +<br> +Note that regular expressions are currently NOT +supported in expression-based filters. These will be added later when +function support is added to the expression engine (the reason is that +regular expressions will be a separate loadable module, which requires +some more prequisites before it can be implemented).<br> + +<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 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> + diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bc618dd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ +<!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>$DefaultNetstreamDriverKeyFile </path/to/keyfile.pem></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_dircreatemode.html">$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><a href="rsconf1_repeatedmsgreduction.html">$RepeatedMsgReduction</a></li> +<li><a href="rsconf1_resetconfigvariables.html">$ResetConfigVariables</a></li> +<li><b>$OptimizeForUniprocessor</b> [on/<b>off</b>] - turns on optimizatons which lead to better +performance on uniprocessors. If you run on multicore-machiens, turning this off lessens CPU load. The +default may change as uniprocessor systems become less common.</li> +<li>$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>$UDPServerTimeRequery <nbr-of-times> (imudp) -- this is a performance +optimization. Getting the system time is very costly. With this setting, imudp can +be instructed to obtain the precise time only once every n-times. This logic is +only activated if messages come in at a very fast rate, so doing less frequent +time calls should usually be acceptable. The default value is two, because we have +seen that even without optimization the kernel often returns twice the identical time. +You can set this value as high as you like, but do so at your own risk. The higher +the value, the less precise the timestamp. +<li><a href="rsconf1_umask.html">$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 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> + + diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_modules.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_modules.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..890a55c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_modules.html @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>Modules - rsyslog.conf</title></head> +<body> +<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p> +<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> +<h2>Modules</h2> +<p>Rsyslog has a modular design. Consequently, there is a growing +number of modules. Here is the entry point to their documentation and +what they do (list is currently not complete)</p> +<ul> +<li><a href="omsnmp.html">omsnmp</a> - SNMP +trap output module</li> +<li><a href="omrelp.html">omrelp</a> - RELP +output module</li> +<li>omgssapi - output module for GSS-enabled syslog</li> +<li><a href="ommysql.html">ommysql</a> - output module for MySQL</li> +<li>ompgsql - output module for PostgreSQL</li> +<li><a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a> - +generic database output module (Firebird/Interbase, MS SQL, Sybase, +SQLLite, Ingres, Oracle, mSQL)</li> +<li><a href="ommail.html">ommail</a> - +permits rsyslog to alert folks by mail if something important happens</li> +<li><a href="imfile.html">imfile</a> +- input module for text files</li> +<li><a href="imrelp.html">imrelp</a> - RELP +input module</li> +<li>imudp - udp syslog message input</li> +<li><a href="imtcp.html">imtcp</a> - input +plugin for plain tcp syslog</li> +<li><a href="imgssapi.html">imgssapi</a> - +input plugin for plain tcp and GSS-enabled syslog</li> +<li>immark - support for mark messages</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> +<li><a href="im3195.html">im3195</a> - +accepts syslog messages via RFC 3195</li> +</ul> +<p>Please note that each module provides configuration +directives, which are NOT necessarily being listed below. Also +remember, that a modules configuration directive (and functionality) is +only available if it has been loaded (using $ModLoad).</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 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> + diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c52aaa5e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>Output Channels - rsyslog.conf</title></head> +<body> +<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p> +<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> +<h2>Output Channels</h2> +<p>Output Channels are a new concept first introduced in rsyslog +0.9.0. <b>As of this writing, it is most likely that they will +be replaced by something different in the future.</b> So if you +use them, be prepared to change you configuration file syntax when you +upgrade to a later release.<br> +<br> +The idea behind output channel definitions is that it shall provide an +umbrella for any type of output that the user might want. In essence,<br> +this is the "file" part of selector lines (and this is why we are not +sure output channel syntax will stay after the next review). There is a<br> +difference, though: selector channels both have filter conditions +(currently facility and severity) as well as the output destination. +they can only be used to write to files - not pipes, ttys or whatever +Output channels define the output definition, only. As of this build, +else. If we stick with output channels, this will change over time.</p> +<p>In concept, an output channel includes everything needed to +know about an output actions. In practice, the current implementation +only carries<br> +a filename, a maximum file size and a command to be issued when this +file size is reached. More things might be present in future version, +which might also change the syntax of the directive.</p> +<p>Output channels are defined via an $outchannel directive. It's +syntax is as follows:<br> +<br> +$outchannel name,file-name,max-size,action-on-max-size<br> +<br> +name is the name of the output channel (not the file), file-name is the +file name to be written to, max-size the maximum allowed size and +action-on-max-size a command to be issued when the max size is reached. +This command always has exactly one parameter. The binary is that part +of action-on-max-size before the first space, its parameter is +everything behind that space.<br> +<br> +Please note that max-size is queried BEFORE writing the log message to +the file. So be sure to set this limit reasonably low so that any +message might fit. For the current release, setting it 1k lower than +you expected is helpful. The max-size must always be specified in bytes +- there are no special symbols (like 1k, 1m,...) at this point of +development.<br> +<br> +Keep in mind that $outchannel just defines a channel with "name". It +does not activate it. To do so, you must use a selector line (see +below). That selector line includes the channel name plus an $ sign in +front of it. A sample might be:<br> +<br> +*.* $mychannel<br> +<br> +In its current form, output channels primarily provide the ability to +size-limit an output file. To do so, specify a maximum size. When this +size is reached, rsyslogd will execute the action-on-max-size command +and then reopen the file and retry. The command should be something +like a <a href="log_rotation_fix_size.html">log rotation +script</a> or a similar thing.</p> +<p>If there is no action-on-max-size command or the command did +not resolve the situation, the file is closed and never reopened by +rsyslogd (except, of course, by huping it). This logic was integrated +when we first experienced severe issues with files larger 2gb, which +could lead to rsyslogd dumping core. In such cases, it is more +appropriate to stop writing to a single file. Meanwhile, rsyslogd has +been fixed to support files larger 2gb, but obviously only on file +systems and operating system versions that do so. So it can still make +sense to enforce a 2gb file size limit.</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 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> + + diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_templates.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_templates.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..90b5fafe --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_templates.html @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>Templates - rsyslog.conf</title></head> +<body> +<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf - documentation.</p> +<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> +<h2>Templates</h2> +<p>Templates are a key feature of rsyslog. They allow to specify +any +format a user might want. They are also used for dynamic file name +generation. Every output in rsyslog uses templates - this holds true +for files, user messages and so on. The database writer expects its +template to be a proper SQL statement - so this is highly customizable +too. You might ask how does all of this work when no templates at all +are specified. Good question ;) The answer is simple, though. Templates +compatible with the stock syslogd formats are hardcoded into rsyslogd. +So if no template is specified, we use one of these hardcoded +templates. Search for "template_" in syslogd.c and you will find the +hardcoded ones.</p> +<p>A template consists of a template directive, a name, the +actual template text and optional options. A sample is:</p> +<blockquote><code>$template MyTemplateName,"\7Text +%property% some more text\n",<options></code></blockquote> +<p>The "$template" is the template directive. It tells rsyslog +that this line contains a template. "MyTemplateName" is the template +name. All +other config lines refer to this name. The text within quotes is the +actual template text. The backslash is an escape character, much as it +is in C. It does all these "cool" things. For example, \7 rings the +bell (this is an ASCII value), \n is a new line. C programmers and perl +coders have the advantage of knowing this, but the set in rsyslog is a +bit restricted currently. +</p> +<p>All text in the template is used literally, except for things +within percent signs. These are properties and allow you access to the +contents of the syslog message. Properties are accessed via the +property replacer (nice name, huh) and it can do cool things, too. For +example, it can pick a substring or do date-specific formatting. More +on this is below, on some lines of the property replacer.<br> +<br> +The <options> part is optional. It carries options +influencing the template as whole. See details below. Be sure NOT to +mistake template options with property options - the later ones are +processed by the property replacer and apply to a SINGLE property, only +(and not the whole template).<br> +<br> +Template options are case-insensitive. Currently defined are: </p> +<p><b>sql</b> - format the string suitable for a SQL +statement in MySQL format. This will replace single quotes ("'") and +the backslash character by their backslash-escaped counterpart ("\'" +and "\\") inside each field. Please note that in MySQL configuration, +the <code class="literal">NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES</code> +mode must be turned off for this format to work (this is the default).</p> +<p><b>stdsql</b> - format the string suitable for a +SQL statement that is to be sent to a standards-compliant sql server. +This will replace single quotes ("'") by two single quotes ("''") +inside each field. You must use stdsql together with MySQL if in MySQL +configuration the +<code class="literal">NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES</code> is +turned on.</p> +<p>Either the <b>sql</b> or <b>stdsql</b> +option <b>must</b> be specified when a template is used +for writing to a database, otherwise injection might occur. Please note +that due to the unfortunate fact that several vendors have violated the +sql standard and introduced their own escape methods, it is impossible +to have a single option doing all the work. So you yourself +must make sure you are using the right format. <b>If you choose +the wrong one, you are still vulnerable to sql injection.</b><br> +<br> +Please note that the database writer *checks* that the sql option is +present in the template. If it is not present, the write database +action is disabled. This is to guard you against accidental forgetting +it and then becoming vulnerable to SQL injection. The sql option can +also be useful with files - especially if you want to import them into +a database on another machine for performance reasons. However, do NOT +use it if you do not have a real need for it - among others, it takes +some toll on the processing time. Not much, but on a really busy system +you might notice it ;)</p> +<p>The default template for the write to database action has the +sql option set. As we currently support only MySQL and the sql option +matches the default MySQL configuration, this is a good choice. +However, if you have turned on +<code class="literal">NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES</code> in +your MySQL config, you need to supply a template with the stdsql +option. Otherwise you will become vulnerable to SQL injection. <br> +<br> +To escape:<br> +% = \%<br> +\ = \\ --> '\' is used to escape (as in C)<br> +$template TraditionalFormat,%timegenerated% %HOSTNAME% +%syslogtag%%msg%\n"<br> +<br> +Properties can be accessed by the <a href="property_replacer.html">property +replacer</a> (see there for details).</p> +<p><b>Please note that templates can also by +used to generate selector lines with dynamic file names.</b> For +example, if you would like to split syslog messages from different +hosts to different files (one per host), you can define the following +template:</p> +<blockquote><code>$template +DynFile,"/var/log/system-%HOSTNAME%.log"</code></blockquote> +<p>This template can then be used when defining an output +selector line. It will result in something like +"/var/log/system-localhost.log"</p> +<p>Template +names beginning with "RSYSLOG_" are reserved for rsyslog use. Do NOT +use them if, otherwise you may receive a conflict in the future (and +quite unpredictable behaviour). There is a small set of pre-defined +templates that you can use without the need to define it:</p> +<ul> +<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat</span> +- the "old style" default log file format with low-precision timestamps</li> +<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSYSLOG_FileFormat</span> +- a modern-style logfile format similar to TraditionalFileFormat, buth +with high-precision timestamps and timezone information</li> +<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSYSLOG_TraditionalForwardFormat</span> +- the traditional forwarding format with low-precision timestamps. Most +useful if you send messages to other syslogd's or rsyslogd +below +version 3.12.5.</li> +<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSYSLOG_ForwardFormat</span> +- a new high-precision forwarding format very similar to the +traditional one, but with high-precision timestamps and timezone +information. Recommended to be used when sending messages to rsyslog +3.12.5 or above.</li> +<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSYSLOG_SyslogProtocol23Format</span> +- the format specified in IETF's internet-draft +ietf-syslog-protocol-23, which is assumed to be come the new syslog +standard RFC. This format includes several improvements. The rsyslog +message parser understands this format, so you can use it together with +all relatively recent versions of rsyslog. Other syslogd's may get +hopelessly confused if receiving that format, so check before you use +it. Note that the format is unlikely to change when the final RFC comes +out, but this may happen.</li> +<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSYSLOG_DebugFormat</span> +- a special format used for troubleshooting property problems. This format +is meant to be written to a log file. Do <b>not</b> use for production or remote +forwarding.</li> +</ul> + +<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 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> + |