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diff --git a/plugins/ommongodb/README b/plugins/ommongodb/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..71d56cfa --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/ommongodb/README @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +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: +$ModLoad ommongodb # provides mongodb support + +then in your /etc/rsyslog.d (check your distribution way to organize the configuration..) you create a file 10-mongodb.conf with the following content: + +*.* action(type="ommongodb" db="..." collection="...") + +Note: currently templates are not supported. Ommongodb will pick a default +schema and use the message object content for that (templateless). + + +TODO +we must ensure that the collection is a capped collection +refactor my code :-) + +email Victor Pereira <victor.pereira@bigrails.com> +twitter twitter.com/vpereira + +part of this doc by Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> |