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<html><head><title>The Rsyslogd Property Replacer</title></head>
<body>
<h1>The Property Replacer</h1>
<p><b>The property replacer is a core component in
rsyslogd's output system.</b> A syslog message has a number of
well-defined properties (see below). Each of this properties can be
accessed <b>and</b> manipulated by the property replacer.
With it, it is easy to use only part of a property value or manipulate
the value, e.g. by converting all characters to lower case.</p>
<h1>Accessing Properties</h1>
<p>Syslog message properties are used inside templates. They are
accessed by putting them between percent signs. Properties can be
modified by the property replacer. The full syntax is as follows:</p>
<blockquote><b><code>%propname:fromChar:toChar:options%</code></b></blockquote>
<h2>Available Properties</h2>
<p><b><code>propname</code></b> is the
name of the property to access. It is case-insensitive (prior to 3.17.0, they were case-senstive).
Currently supported are:</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>msg</b></td>
<td>the MSG part of the message (aka "the message" ;))</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>rawmsg</b></td>
<td>the message excactly as it was received from the
socket. Should be useful for debugging.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>uxtradmsg</b></td>
<td>will disappear soon - do NOT use!</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>hostname</b></td>
<td>hostname from the message</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>source</b></td>
<td>alias for HOSTNAME</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>fromhost</b></td>
<td>hostname of the system the message was received from
(in a relay chain, this is the system immediately in front of us and
not necessarily the original sender)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>syslogtag</b></td>
<td>TAG from the message</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>programname</b></td>
<td>the "static" part of the tag, as defined by
BSD syslogd. For example, when TAG is "named[12345]", programname is
"named".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>pri</b></td>
<td>PRI part of the message - undecoded (single value)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>pri-text</b></td>
<td>the PRI part of the message in a textual form (e.g.
"syslog.info")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">iut</span></td>
<td>the monitorware InfoUnitType - used when talking
to a <a href="http://www.monitorware.com">MonitorWare</a>
backend (also for <a href="http://www.phplogcon.org/">phpLogCon</a>)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>syslogfacility</b></td>
<td>the facility from the message - in numerical form</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>syslogfacility-text</b></td>
<td>the facility from the message - in text form</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>syslogseverity</b></td>
<td>severity from the message - in numerical form</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>syslogseverity-text</b></td>
<td>severity from the message - in text form</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>syslogpriority</b></td>
<td>an alias for syslogseverity - included for historical
reasons (be careful: it still is the severity, not PRI!)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>syslogpriority-text</b></td>
<td>an alias for syslogseverity-text</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>timegenerated</b></td>
<td>timestamp when the message was RECEIVED. Always in high
resolution</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>timereported</b></td>
<td>timestamp from the message. Resolution depends on
what was provided in the message (in most cases,
only seconds)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>timestamp</b></td>
<td>alias for timereported</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>protocol-version</b></td>
<td>The contents of the PROTCOL-VERSION field from IETF
draft draft-ietf-syslog-protcol</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>structured-data</b></td>
<td>The contents of the STRUCTURED-DATA field from IETF
draft draft-ietf-syslog-protocol</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>app-name</b></td>
<td>The contents of the APP-NAME field from IETF draft
draft-ietf-syslog-protocol</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>procid</b></td>
<td>The contents of the PROCID field from IETF draft
draft-ietf-syslog-protocol</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24"><b>msgid</b></td>
<td height="24">The contents of the MSGID field from
IETF draft draft-ietf-syslog-protocol</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>$now</b></td>
<td>The current date stamp in the format YYYY-MM-DD</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>$year</b></td>
<td>The current year (4-digit)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>$month</b></td>
<td>The current month (2-digit)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>$day</b></td>
<td>The current day of the month (2-digit)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>$hour</b></td>
<td>The current hour in military (24 hour) time (2-digit)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>$hhour</b></td>
<td>The current half hour we are in. From minute 0 to 29,
this is always 0 while
from 30 to 59 it is always 1.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>$qhour</b></td>
<td>The current quarter hour we are in. Much like $HHOUR, but values
range from 0 to 3 (for the four quater hours that are in each hour)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>$minute</b></td>
<td>The current minute (2-digit)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Properties starting with a $-sign are so-called system
properties. These do NOT stem from the message but are rather
internally-generated.</p>
<h2>Character Positions</h2>
<p><b><code>FromChar</code></b> and <b><code>toChar</code></b>
are used to build substrings. They specify the offset within the string
that should be copied. Offset counting starts at 1, so if you need to
obtain the first 2 characters of the message text, you can use this
syntax: "%msg:1:2%". If you do not whish to specify from and to, but
you want to specify options, you still need to include the colons. For
example, if you would like to convert the full message text to lower
case, use "%msg:::lowercase%". If you would like to extract from a
position until the end of the string, you can place a dollar-sign ("$")
in toChar (e.g. %msg:10:$%, which will extract from position 10 to the
end of the string).</p>
<p>There is also support for <b>regular expressions</b>.
To use them, you need to place a "R" into FromChar. This tells rsyslog
that a regular expression instead of position-based extraction is
desired. The actual regular expression must then be provided in toChar.
The regular expression <b>must</b> be followed by the
string "--end". It denotes the end of the regular expression and will
not become part of it. If you are using regular expressions, the
property replacer will return the part of the property text that
matches the regular expression. An example for a property replacer
sequence with a regular expression is: "%msg:R:.*Sev:. \(.*\)
\[.*--end%"<br>
</p>
<p><b>Also, extraction can be done based on so-called
"fields"</b>. To do so, place a "F" into FromChar. A field in its
current definition is anything that is delimited by a delimiter
character. The delimiter by default is TAB (US-ASCII value 9). However,
if can be changed to any other US-ASCII character by specifying a comma
and the <b>decimal</b> US-ASCII value of the delimiter
immediately after the "F". For example, to use comma (",") as a
delimiter, use this field specifier: "F,44". If your syslog
data is delimited, this is a quicker way to extract than via regular
expressions (actually, a *much* quicker way). Field counting starts at
1. Field zero is accepted, but will always lead to a "field not found"
error. The same happens if a field number higher than the number of
fields in the property is requested. The field number must be placed in
the "ToChar" parameter. An example where the 3rd field (delimited by
TAB) from the msg property is extracted is as follows: "%msg:F:3%". The
same example with semicolon as delimiter is "%msg:F,59:3%".</p>
<p>Please note that the special characters "F" and "R" are
case-sensitive. Only upper case works, lower case will return an error.
There are no white spaces permitted inside the sequence (that will lead
to error messages and will NOT provide the intended result).<br>
</p>
<h2>Property Options</h2>
<b><code>property options</code></b> are
case-insensitive. Currently, the following options are defined:
<p></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>uppercase</b></td>
<td>convert property to lowercase only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>lowercase</b></td>
<td>convert property text to uppercase only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>drop-last-lf</b></td>
<td>The last LF in the message (if any), is dropped.
Especially useful for PIX.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>date-mysql</b></td>
<td>format as mysql date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>date-rfc3164</b></td>
<td>format as RFC 3164 date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>date-rfc3339</b></td>
<td>format as RFC 3339 date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>escape-cc</b></td>
<td>replace control characters (ASCII value 127 and values
less then 32) with an escape sequence. The sequnce is
"#<charval>" where charval is the 3-digit decimal value
of the control character. For example, a tabulator would be replaced by
"#009".<br>
Note: using this option requires that <a href="rsconf1_escapecontrolcharactersonreceive.html">$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive</a>
is set to off.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>space-cc</b></td>
<td>replace control characters by spaces<br>
Note: using this option requires that <a href="rsconf1_escapecontrolcharactersonreceive.html">$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive</a>
is set to off.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>drop-cc</b></td>
<td>drop control characters - the resulting string will
neither contain control characters, escape sequences nor any other
replacement character like space.<br>
Note: using this option requires that <a href="rsconf1_escapecontrolcharactersonreceive.html">$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive</a>
is set to off.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>sp-if-no-1st-sp</b></td>
<td>This option looks scary and should probably not be used by a user. For any field
given, it returns either a single space character or no character at all. Field content
is never returned. A space is returned if (and only if) the first character of the
field's content is NOT a space. This option is kind of a hack to solve a problem rooted
in RFC 3164: 3164 specifies no delimiter between the syslog tag sequence and the actual
message text. Almost all implementation in fact delemit the two by a space. As of
RFC 3164, this space is part of the message text itself. This leads to a problem when
building the message (e.g. when writing to disk or forwarding). Should a delimiting
space be included if the message does not start with one? If not, the tag is immediately
followed by another non-space character, which can lead some log parsers to misinterpret
what is the tag and what the message. The problem finally surfaced when the klog module
was restructured and the tag correctly written. It exists with other message sources,
too. The solution was the introduction of this special property replacer option. Now,
the default template can contain a conditional space, which exists only if the
message does not start with one. While this does not solve all issues, it should
work good enough in the far majority of all cases. If you read this text and have
no idea of what it is talking about - relax: this is a good indication you will never
need this option. Simply forget about it ;)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>secpath-drop</b></td>
<td>Drops slashes inside the field (e.g. "a/b" becomes "ab").
Useful for secure pathname generation (with dynafiles).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>secpath-replace</b></td>
<td>Replace slashes inside the field by an underscore. (e.g. "a/b" becomes "a_b").
Useful for secure pathname generation (with dynafiles).
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Further Links</h2>
<ul>
<li>Article on "<a href="rsyslog_recording_pri.html">Recording
the Priority of Syslog Messages</a>" (describes use of templates
to record severity and facility of a message)</li>
<li><a href="rsyslog_conf.html">Configuration file
syntax</a>, this is where you actually use the property replacer.</li>
</ul>
</body></html>
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