Thanks for clarifying, David. Thanks,
Alec On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:41 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Mar 2016, Alec Swan wrote: > > Hello, >> >> I would like to access the IP address of the local machine and send it to >> Elasticsearch along with other log data. I found Rainer talking about >> this in >> his blog back in 2012 >> < >> http://blog.gerhards.net/2012/03/signifying-local-host-ip-in-rsyslog.html >> > >> but I am unable to find any information on how to do this in rsyslog 8.x. >> > > The problem is that there is no way of knowing the proper IP to use if > your box has several of them (and if you include IPv6 addresses, you > probably have 4+ on your system right now) > > so defining what "the local IP is" is not a solvable problem in the > general case. > > The best you can really do is to get $$myhostname and do a name lookup on > it. > > David Lang > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
