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<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p>
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<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>]
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<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
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