TCP Syslog Input Module

Module Name:    imtcp

Author: Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>

Description:

Provides the ability to receive syslog messages via TCP. Encryption can be provided by using stunnel (an alternative is the use the imgssapi modul).

In the future, multiple receivers may be configured by specifying $InputTCPServerRun multiple times. This is not currently supported.

Configuration Directives:

• $InputTCPServerRun <port>
  Starts a TCP server on selected port
• $InputTCPMaxSessions <number>
  Sets the maximum number of sessions supported

• module always binds to all interfaces
• only a single listener can be bound
• can not be loaded together with imgssapi (which includes the functionality of imtcp)

Sample:

This sets up a TCP server on port 514:

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This documentation is part of the rsyslog project.
Copyright © 2008 by Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon. Released under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.