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@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@ plugin to use MongoDB as backend.
tested in ubuntu 10.04 and ubuntu 10.10
+BUILDING THIS PLUGIN
+Right now, it seems to be necessary to copy the 10gen c-driver directly under
+the ./plugins/ommongodb subdirectory. Then, you need to follow their build
+instructions on how to build the mongodb c driver:
+http://api.mongodb.org/c/current/building.html
+
+This is clumpsy, and if someone has ideas on how to improve this situation,
+please drop us a line. For obvious reasons, ./configure does not detect
+a missing mongodb c driver.
+
+In order to successfully build ommongodb, you NEED to use the v0.2 version of
+the mongo c driver. As it looks, the driver breaks API compatibility and the
+curret v0.4 driver seems to have a totally different API (at least this is
+what I currently (2012-03-08) see.
+
configuration:
in your /etc/rsyslog.conf, together with other modules:
@@ -21,3 +36,5 @@ refactor my code :-)
email Victor Pereira <victor.pereira@bigrails.com>
twitter twitter.com/vpereira
+
+part of this doc by Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>