Github user trixpan commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/1639#discussion_r114039631 --- Diff: nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/ParseSyslog.java --- @@ -57,13 +57,17 @@ @SupportsBatching @InputRequirement(Requirement.INPUT_REQUIRED) @Tags({"logs", "syslog", "attributes", "system", "event", "message"}) -@CapabilityDescription("Parses the contents of a Syslog message and adds attributes to the FlowFile for each of the parts of the Syslog message") +@CapabilityDescription("Attempts to parses the contents of a Syslog message in accordance to RFC5424 and RFC3164 " + + "formats and adds attributes to the FlowFile for each of the parts of the Syslog message." + + "Note: Be mindfull that RFC3164 is informational and a wide range of different implementations are present in" + + " the wild. If messages fail parsing, considering using RFC5424 or using a generic parsin processors such as " + + "ExtractGrok.") @WritesAttributes({@WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.priority", description = "The priority of the Syslog message."), @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.severity", description = "The severity of the Syslog message derived from the priority."), @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.facility", description = "The facility of the Syslog message derived from the priority."), @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.version", description = "The optional version from the Syslog message."), @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.timestamp", description = "The timestamp of the Syslog message."), - @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.hostname", description = "The hostname of the Syslog message."), + @WritesAttribute(attribute = "syslog.hostname", description = "The hostname or IP address of the Syslog message."), --- End diff -- good call. fixed
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