Re: [rsyslog] Question about maximum queue.workerthreads count

2015-03-10 Thread Boylan, James
quot;David Lang" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] Question about maximum queue.workerthreads count Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2015 5:30 PM On Tue, 10 Mar 2015, Boylan, James wrote: > Greetings everyone! > > > Is there a hardcoded maximum number of worker threads for queues

[rsyslog] Question about maximum queue.workerthreads count

2015-03-10 Thread Boylan, James
Greetings everyone! Is there a hardcoded maximum number of worker threads for queues and threads for imtcp/imudp? Also what are the concerns with using a higher number of threads for handling of these. I find myself in a position to have to scale central logging servers vertically and I'm at

Re: [rsyslog] re_extract does not support all regex

2015-01-28 Thread Boylan, James
yslog] re_extract does not support all regex thx! 2015-01-28 14:47 GMT+01:00 Boylan, James : > Sounds good! > > I'll create an issue and update it with all of the details. I'll add in > the valgrind output as well once I have it. > > Thanks! > > -

Re: [rsyslog] re_extract does not support all regex

2015-01-28 Thread Boylan, James
[rsyslog] re_extract does not support all regex Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2015 7:39 AM 2015-01-28 14:35 GMT+01:00 Boylan, James : > Does anyone have any suggestions on this? > > I would suspect that I have just hit a limitation of the regex > implementation in rsyslog except that it crashes w

Re: [rsyslog] re_extract does not support all regex

2015-01-28 Thread Boylan, James
James --- Sent from my mobile phone --- - Reply message - From: "Boylan, James" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] re_extract does not support all regex Date: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 2:45 PM I was trying to use the regex '^[ ]?.+?(?=\\|)\\|.+?(?=\\|)\\|.+?(?=\\

[rsyslog] re_extract does not support all regex

2015-01-27 Thread Boylan, James
I was trying to use the regex '^[ ]?.+?(?=\\|)\\|.+?(?=\\|)\\|.+?(?=\\^)\\^(.*)' with re_extract and found that it would cause rsyslogd to crash on 8.4.2. However the pattern '^[ ]?[A-Za-z0-9._-]+\\|[A-Za-z0-9._-]+\\|[A-Za-z0-9._-]+[\\^](.*)' works fine. I didn't see anything specific in the d

[rsyslog] Question about alternatives to action.execOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended

2015-01-03 Thread Boylan, James
Hey everyone - As detailed in Github issue #146 (https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/146) action.execOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended does not appear to be currently working. Does anyone have an alternative method of addressing the use case where a destination server ends up being down for a

Re: [rsyslog] master branch

2014-12-16 Thread Boylan, James
Makes perfect sense! -- James From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com on behalf of Rainer Gerhards Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 7:31 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] master branch 2014-12-16 14:28 GMT+01:00 Boylan, James : > A pract

Re: [rsyslog] master branch

2014-12-16 Thread Boylan, James
ll check out. On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:14 AM, Boylan, James wrote: > If you are looking to shift that direction then 'master-ok' could work. Or > 'master-tested'. Or even just 'stable' denoting that it has successfully had > all testbench tests completed on

Re: [rsyslog] master branch

2014-12-16 Thread Boylan, James
If you are looking to shift that direction then 'master-ok' could work. Or 'master-tested'. Or even just 'stable' denoting that it has successfully had all testbench tests completed on it. I think as long as it is documented in the readme.md file then you can really name it whatever you feel wo

Re: [rsyslog] Messages never leave suspended state

2014-12-14 Thread Boylan, James
ent from my mobile phone --- - Reply message - From: "David Lang" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] Messages never leave suspended state Date: Sun, Dec 14, 2014 8:14 PM On Mon, 15 Dec 2014, Boylan, James wrote: > The problem is that messages never seem to ever le

[rsyslog] Messages never leave suspended state

2014-12-14 Thread Boylan, James
Hey all - I've opened a Github issue on this (https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/146) but I wanted to bring it up here as well. The problem is that messages never seem to ever leave a suspended state except to resume on the action they were suspended on. I'm currently running on 8.4.2

[rsyslog] Question about action.resumeRetryCount

2014-12-09 Thread Boylan, James
This configuration defaults to 0. Doesn't this mean that if it can't send to a destination it should not retry, it should just fail the message by default, correct?? -- James ___ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog h

[rsyslog] Suggestion for field()

2014-11-20 Thread Boylan, James
So I have been thinking, how badly would it impact performance and difficult would it be to change the field() function so that instead of populating a variable with *** FIELD NOT FOUND *** you could have that be default but give the option to have it replace it something else? For example chang

Re: [rsyslog] Monitor rsyslog performance

2014-11-18 Thread Boylan, James
I also have a python application I made for parsing the impstats file output and submitting them to graphite. I'm going to be working on daemonizing the utility and documenting how best to configure to use it. Please feel free to look at it and open issues if you have suggestions of features y

Re: [rsyslog] What is the right place to add documentation for core rscript constructs?

2014-11-18 Thread Boylan, James
Sets are placed inside of the Ruleset block. I generally place them at the top of the ruleset block so they get immediately set before anything else is done and are nicely organized for when you want to find them. -- James --- Sent from my mobile phone --- - Reply message - From: "sing

Re: [rsyslog] anyone still using -s, -l rsyslog command line options?

2014-11-17 Thread Boylan, James
The only command line options I use consistently are -i, -f and -dn. -- James --- Sent from my mobile phone --- - Reply message - From: "Rainer Gerhards" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] anyone still using -s, -l rsyslog command line options? Date: Mon, Nov 17, 2014 2:22 AM Hi al

Re: [rsyslog] ruleset with only stop

2014-11-11 Thread Boylan, James
I think that the "permitEmpty=on" field is a reasonable starting place. I have a config management app that I use with rsyslog that this field would help significantly with. -- James --- Sent from my mobile phone --- - Reply message - From: "Rainer Gerhards" To: "rsyslog-users" Subjec

Re: [rsyslog] Issues with action.execOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended

2014-11-05 Thread Boylan, James
I've opened issue: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/146 to track this. Thanks for looking into it. -- James From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com on behalf of Boylan, James Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 3:44 AM To: rsyslog-users Su

Re: [rsyslog] Issues with action.execOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended

2014-11-05 Thread Boylan, James
ssue. -- James --- Sent from my mobile phone --- - Reply message - From: "Rainer Gerhards" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] Issues with action.execOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 3:38 AM 2014-11-05 10:35 GMT+01:00 Boylan, James : > Rainer -

Re: [rsyslog] Issues with action.execOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended

2014-11-05 Thread Boylan, James
sSuspended Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 2:35 AM James, I suggest filing a bug on github. That way, I'll remember when I have time again. Thanks, Rainer 2014-11-04 21:24 GMT+01:00 Boylan, James : > I'm attempting to use this function, however when the first action is > suspended, th

[rsyslog] Issues with action.execOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended

2014-11-04 Thread Boylan, James
I'm attempting to use this function, however when the first action is suspended, the follow up actions never seem to execute. It just sits in a 'Suspended' state forever. Any help on this would be appreciated since from what I can tell it is configured the way it should be. *.*

Re: [rsyslog] Feedback Request: do we still need -devel versions?

2014-10-29 Thread Boylan, James
A lot of how this works depends on how many people are contributing. With a lot of active contributors a common practice is to have a release branch and a development branch. It makes it cleaner from a commit history when you can squash many commits into a single one to push into the release bra

Re: [rsyslog] SyslogTCPAppender help!

2014-09-16 Thread Boylan, James
For the first scenario, it could be several things. A pastebin of the config would help. For the second, if you are using an appender I actually recommend urlencoding the message payload. That will remove the multi-line issue completely and is how we are currently handling our java logs, both o

[rsyslog] Templates use for options on omelasticsearch module

2014-09-15 Thread Boylan, James
I've been trying some more advanced changes in the use of omelasticsearch lately, something that would be nice is the ability to use templates in the searchType option like you can in the searchIndex option. There is a lot of benefit of people using type specific features within Elasticsearch.

Re: [rsyslog] Issue with rsyslog 8.2.2-1.el5.centos

2014-09-06 Thread Boylan, James
the init environment (like SELinux tags), if it fails, then it's something in the init script itself. David Lang On Sat, 6 Sep 2014, Boylan, James wrote: > I've actually have this hang every time the init.d script starts, not just > after a reboot. I'll be doing some final t

Re: [rsyslog] Issue with rsyslog 8.2.2-1.el5.centos

2014-09-06 Thread Boylan, James
I've actually have this hang every time the init.d script starts, not just after a reboot. I'll be doing some final tests with the older init.d script. We'll see if it resolves it for me and if it does, I'll put together a PR for it and we can see if it helps others with similar issues. -- Jame

Re: [rsyslog] Issue with rsyslog 8.2.2-1.el5.centos

2014-09-06 Thread Boylan, James
ithub rhel package project and we will do that as soon as we can (probably end of next week). Rainer Sent from phone, thus brief. Am 05.09.2014 16:52 schrieb "Boylan, James" : > I'm having problems with 8.2.2 as installed with the RPMs in the Adiscon > Repo. Its odd, but for som

[rsyslog] Issue with rsyslog 8.2.2-1.el5.centos

2014-09-05 Thread Boylan, James
I'm having problems with 8.2.2 as installed with the RPMs in the Adiscon Repo. Its odd, but for some reason, when installed onto a CentOS 5 system, the yum install hangs on Cleanup. On further investigation I have found that the init.d script is hanging on startup and that if you manually run th

Re: [rsyslog] request for help with ES auto tests

2014-09-05 Thread Boylan, James
Rainer - You can definitely define specific fields to be specific data types. Here is teh Elasticsearch documetnation page on it. Look at the section for 'Customizing field mappings.' http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/mapping-intro.html -- James

Re: [rsyslog] Available global() Directives

2014-09-05 Thread Boylan, James
lf of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:25 AM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Available global() Directives > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Boylan, James > wrote: > > > > > > ?$MaxOpenFiles > > > > > > > seem

Re: [rsyslog] Available global() Directives

2014-09-05 Thread Boylan, James
, Boylan, James wrote: > Good morning everyone! > > > I needed to verify if the following Legacy global directives had been > migrated to the new global() configuration object. > > > $RepeatedMsgReduction > not supported > $OptimizeForUniprocessor > dead, does

[rsyslog] Available global() Directives

2014-09-05 Thread Boylan, James
Good morning everyone! I needed to verify if the following Legacy global directives had been migrated to the new global() configuration object. $RepeatedMsgReduction $OptimizeForUniprocessor ?$MaxOpenFiles $umask The aren't in the documentation and I just needed to verify. Thanks! -- Jame

Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog segfaults being experienced

2014-08-12 Thread Boylan, James
From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com on behalf of Boylan, James Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 8:43 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: [rsyslog] rsyslog segfaults being experienced So I'm changing the Subject on this to be more accurate in the hope that someone else

[rsyslog] rsyslog segfaults being experienced

2014-08-12 Thread Boylan, James
So I'm changing the Subject on this to be more accurate in the hope that someone else might have seen this behavior in the past. I admit that it has be somewhat stumped. I have many client side instances of rsyslog running that is collecting application longs then sending them to a central log s

Re: [rsyslog] Question about Bug fixes n versions after 7.4.6

2014-07-31 Thread Boylan, James
cb1d190) at wti.c:313 #12 0x7f2a9bf1f4f2 in wtpWorker (arg=0x7f2a9cb1d190) at wtp.c:388 #13 0x7f2a9b88e851 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #14 0x7f2a9a51b90d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6 -- James From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.

[rsyslog] Question about Bug fixes n versions after 7.4.6

2014-07-31 Thread Boylan, James
Does anyone know off-hand if there were Segfault related bug fixes in the linkedlist code after rsyslog 7.4.6? I've recently come acress a segfault that has forced me to configure my Main Message Queue as a FixedArray to prevent it from Segfaulting itself to death. I'm aiming to start testing

Re: [rsyslog] Want to run python code using omprog on rsyslog 7.6.3

2014-07-18 Thread Boylan, James
-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Muhammad Asif Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 6:27 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Want to run python code using omprog on rsyslog 7.6.3 http://pastebin.com/WNDHhWLi and http://pastebin.com/6MRNWTRH On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Boylan, James wrote:

Re: [rsyslog] Want to run python code using omprog on rsyslog 7.6.3

2014-07-18 Thread Boylan, James
If possible it would be extremely helpful if you could start rsyslog with a -dn option. Take the output of that and post it into pastebin for viewing. Unfortunately with no output to go on, it is difficult to say definitively what might be the problem. Also, as Rainer has pointed out, omprog fo

Re: [rsyslog] Running as root OK?

2014-07-09 Thread Boylan, James
All syslog daemons that act as system loggers run as root as far as I know. It would be extremely hack-y to implement it otherwise and would likely create new vulnerabilities far more dangerous than just running them as root. -- James - Reply message - From: "Otis Gospodnetic" To: "rsy

Re: [rsyslog] Has ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended been updated to the new config format?

2014-05-19 Thread Boylan, James
o: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Has ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended been updated to the new config format? James, sorry I don't understand the question. It does what it always did, at least this is how it should be. Rainer Sent from phone, thus brief. Am 19.05.2014 15:31

[rsyslog] Has ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended been updated to the new config format?

2014-05-19 Thread Boylan, James
With all the work being done, I wasn't sure if this option had been updated yet so I needed to check. I'll be doing some testing with it shortly, but I figured if anyone knew already they could let me know. I'll respond with the results of my testing when I'm done. -- James ___

Re: [rsyslog] $ModLoad imtcp or module(load="imtcp")

2014-03-28 Thread Boylan, James
Yes. To get access to the new configuration format you need to upgrade to at least v7. -- James -- Sent from my mobile -- - Reply message - From: "Mauricio Tavares" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] $ModLoad imtcp or module(load="imtcp") Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2014 1:08 PM CentOS 6.4

Re: [rsyslog] %app-name% %programname%

2014-03-26 Thread Boylan, James
In my experience it uses the : separator assumption that is part of the older RFC to try and guess what should be there. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards Sent: Wednesday, March 26

Re: [rsyslog] where is the current queue documentation?

2014-03-24 Thread Boylan, James
I agree completely. This is a page I've looked for a lot as well. I'll work on adding some links to v7 and up tonight. -- James -- Sent from my mobile -- - Reply message - From: "David Lang" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] where is the current queue documentation? Date: Mon, Mar

Re: [rsyslog] Docs formatting issues

2014-03-21 Thread Boylan, James
GMT+01:00 Michael Biebl : > 2014-03-21 14:13 GMT+01:00 Boylan, James : >> I've uploaded the current version of the documentation to the site. >> >> http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v5-stable/ >> http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v7-stable/ >> http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8

Re: [rsyslog] Docs formatting issues

2014-03-21 Thread Boylan, James
I've uploaded the current version of the documentation to the site. http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v5-stable/ http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v7-stable/ http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/ http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/master/ This is of course still a work in progress. But if anyone sees something they

Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog adding an extra space in file output

2014-03-18 Thread Boylan, James
This is caused because the syslog payload as defined in the RFC expects a tag separated by a : in the message payload. Since you don't have one it is assuming everything before the first : is that tag and formatting it accordingly. -- James -- Sent from my mobile -- - Reply message - F

[rsyslog] Confirming feature in omprog

2014-03-10 Thread Boylan, James
Is the version of omprog in 7.6.0 support the binary parameter with command line options? From the current documentation it looks like it does, but I wanted to confirm. -- James ___ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslo

Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog v5 blocked by dns timeout

2014-03-09 Thread Boylan, James
Also, if you are having DNS timeout issues but you are sending it to the same place regularly, you might consider using NSCD. It will implement the DNS caching for you if you are unable to upgrade to a newer version of rsyslog. -- James From: rsyslog-bou

Re: [rsyslog] Compressed ABNF?

2014-03-06 Thread Boylan, James
Repairing the rainerscript section is a critical point in my opinion. It has a lot of extremely useful features that need clarifying. It is one of the first areas I'll be focusing on once the documentation is to a point where it is formatted in a readable form. -- James -Original Message---

Re: [rsyslog] Question to package builders

2014-02-25 Thread Boylan, James
If we were to setup a URL for downloading the docs tarball, would it be possible to pull that tarfile when you build a release tarfile instead of including it in the git repo? -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com

Re: [rsyslog] google index & rsyslog doc

2014-02-25 Thread Boylan, James
A short term note. If you go into the specific documentation version there is a search window there that should allow for searching to a degree that will be more and more accurate as I get formatting and updates to the documentation as whole. Definitely need to figure out why it isn't searchin

[rsyslog] [doc] Question about $RepeatedMsgReduction

2014-02-24 Thread Boylan, James
David called out a good point that needs clarified in the documentation. In the documentation $RepeatedMsgReduction has a default state that specifies 'depending on -e' and when I finally found documentation on -e here: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man8/rsyslogd.8.html it specifies

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions

2014-02-17 Thread Boylan, James
Subject: Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > 2014-02-17 14:52 GMT+01:00 Rainer Gerhards : > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Boylan, James > > >

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions

2014-02-17 Thread Boylan, James
7, 2014 8:08 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions 2014-02-17 14:52 GMT+01:00 Rainer Gerhards : > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > >> Michael - >> >> Y

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions

2014-02-17 Thread Boylan, James
21:19 GMT+01:00 Boylan, James : > If you see something, definitely let me know. What file are you seeing it in? This typo is in source/index.rst diff --git a/source/index.rst b/source/index.rst index b0967aa..d42b33a 100644 --- a/source/index.rst +++ b/source/index.rst @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rsys

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions

2014-02-14 Thread Boylan, James
: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions btw, can you commit a typo fix for "Compatability", please. This one is starring at me every time I browse the new docs :-) 2014-02-14 20:30 GMT+01:00 Boylan, James : > That we

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions

2014-02-14 Thread Boylan, James
ons Looks great so far ! ;) How about adding an overview of these manuals into http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/newdoc/ ? Best regards, Andre Lorbach > -Original Message- > From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog- > boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Boylan, J

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions

2014-02-14 Thread Boylan, James
s well. :) -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Boylan, James Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 8:48 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions

2014-02-14 Thread Boylan, James
the difference: old: http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/imfile.html new: http://people.debian.org/~biebl/rsyslog-doc/configuration/modules/imfile.html (Keep in mind that one is for v5 and the other is for v8) It definitely looks better structured. Thanks for your work James! 2014-02-13 2:23 GMT+01:00 Boyl

Re: [rsyslog] Google Hangouts on Air for rsyslog education?

2014-02-13 Thread Boylan, James
I would definitely be interested is something like that. And the timing would work well with a lot of US professionals as I'm sure most could classify it as training time for work. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adisco

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] Question about omhdfs documentation

2014-02-13 Thread Boylan, James
mhdfs documentation I think that was a yet-uncought copy&paste error. Rainer On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Boylan, James wrote: > So in the documentation it has omhdfs labeled as Unix sockets Output > Module. Is that accurate? Wouldn't Hadoop FileSystem Output Module be >

Re: [rsyslog] bug tracker for web site

2014-02-13 Thread Boylan, James
Something I came across that might work for just getting the data backed up is this: https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup Now sure how versatile the tool is. But it's a starting point. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.a

[rsyslog] [doc] Please take a look at imfile in rsyslog-doc's v5-stable branch and give opinions

2014-02-12 Thread Boylan, James
I have updated the format for imfile in the v5-stable rsyslog-doc branch. Could someone please take time and check out that repo then compile using the instructions to view the html? I'd like feedback on what everyone thinks of that new layout for the imfile module. -- James ___

[rsyslog] [doc] Question about omhdfs documentation

2014-02-12 Thread Boylan, James
So in the documentation it has omhdfs labeled as Unix sockets Output Module. Is that accurate? Wouldn't Hadoop FileSystem Output Module be more accurate? http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/omhdfs.html I'll update the docs if needed. -- James ___ rsyslog maili

Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog 7.6.0 (v7-stable) released

2014-02-12 Thread Boylan, James
Best news I've heard all day. Time to build out the new RPMs. :) -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 1:45 PM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog]

Re: [rsyslog] Idea for omprog

2014-02-12 Thread Boylan, James
cool idea. Unfortunately, I don't have time to do it immediately. It would be great if you could put the request into a github issue (even better if you flag it as feature request ;)). Thanks, Rainer On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:10 AM, Boylan, James wrote: > Has any consideration been put into

[rsyslog] Idea for omprog

2014-02-11 Thread Boylan, James
Has any consideration been put into setting up omprog so that the program spawns as another user? Something along the lines of: *.* action(type="omprog" binary="/path/to/binary --param1 lal

Re: [rsyslog] templates using local variables as a property

2014-02-11 Thread Boylan, James
Is there a plan to release 7.5.x as v7-stable? -- James -- Sent from my mobile -- - Reply message - From: "Rainer Gerhards" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] templates using local variables as a property Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 2:42 PM Right now, it's absolutely safe to consider t

Re: [rsyslog] Where can variables be used?

2014-02-11 Thread Boylan, James
Where can variables be used? args, of course I meant to say "instead of the *set* you do the action()"... On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > what if instead of the if you do the action() inside those ifs? > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:39 PM,

Re: [rsyslog] Where can variables be used?

2014-02-11 Thread Boylan, James
ject: Re: [rsyslog] Where can variables be used? On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > I was afraid of that. I'm currently using 7.4.6, but it sounds like > this functionality isn't available in even the newer versions yet? (If > not I will probably be openi

Re: [rsyslog] Where can variables be used?

2014-02-11 Thread Boylan, James
discon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of David Lang Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:23 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Where can variables be used? On Tue, 11 Feb 2014, Boylan, James wrote: > Is it possible to use $! variables in a situation like:

Re: [rsyslog] advise on github issue tracker best use sought

2014-02-11 Thread Boylan, James
I agree with everyone else on this. Having a lot of issues active is not an issue so long as there are still commits being done to the project and the issues are being responded to and/or worked on. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-bou

[rsyslog] Where can variables be used?

2014-02-11 Thread Boylan, James
Is it possible to use $! variables in a situation like: # Forward to Archive *.* action(name="currAppLog.port-21516.archive" type="omfwd"

[rsyslog] Question on features and version.

2014-02-10 Thread Boylan, James
Which version of rsyslog was the ability for 'if' to parse (field($timegenerated,':',3) % 2 == '0') introduced? 7.5.x+? I'm working on troubleshooting some config errors and I need to rule out some possibilities. Thanks! -- James ___ rsyslog m

Re: [rsyslog] List of modules

2014-02-04 Thread Boylan, James
I would personally suggest going with Modules since that is what all of the documentation refers to them as. That was we keep it consistent. Input Modules, Output Modules, Parser Modules, Message Modification Modules, etc. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] "real corrections"

2014-02-04 Thread Boylan, James
I tend to agree. We should be spending most of our effort on 'Current versions.' Trying to back track old documentation on legacy setups is a huge time sink that doesn't really benefit the future of the community in my opinion. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adi

Re: [rsyslog] Example of Rsyslogd + libRELP + TLS + Certificates

2014-02-03 Thread Boylan, James
Gordon - This is a nice tutorial. Do you mind if I pull it into the rsyslog-doc project in the tutotials section? Also what version of Rsyslog did you complete this on? -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Beh

Re: [rsyslog] Line length limitations with logger utility

2014-02-03 Thread Boylan, James
While it is technically not a big deal to build a logger in python/ruby/perl/etc, not everyone who uses rsyslog is assured to be able to program at all. I think having a tool like this which is redesigned with the advanced features of rsyslog is a fantastic idea. It gives a tool to those who ca

[rsyslog] RSysLog-Doc Project

2014-02-03 Thread Boylan, James
Hey Everyone - I have the initial version for all branches (v5-stable, v7-stable, v7-devel and v8-devel aka master) pushed into the rsyslog-doc repo on Github. I still need to work through getting all of the indexes updates for them all. They should almost all be linked properly in v5-stable, b

Re: [rsyslog] [doc] moving files...

2014-01-31 Thread Boylan, James
Rainer - I'm going to run with a quick test to see if I just put the files into the correct place in the newer versions and then do the merge, if it will accept it. My hope is that it will. If not I'll end up doing just that. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adi

Re: [rsyslog] Draft of rsyslog external plugin interface

2014-01-24 Thread Boylan, James
Does the python script work with the omprog version that is with v7.4.x as well? Or just with v8+? I'm curious as I'd like to play around with it a little outside of my v8 test environment. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lis

Re: [rsyslog] Is rsyslog discarding messages?

2014-01-24 Thread Boylan, James
As a note, If you really need to have the DNS lookups consider installing nscd. That will cache the DNS queries locally and addresses the fact that 4.x doesn't have a DNS cache. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.c

Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog 7.4.9 (v7-stable) released

2014-01-23 Thread Boylan, James
I believe you are correct, Rainer. As far as I know Github 'Releases' are just tags. Github takes tags and in the release section uses tags to define a 'release' which is then compressed for easy download as a single file. It's not a bad way to implementing a release file. Even for your own use.

Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins

2014-01-23 Thread Boylan, James
I agree with Rainer. While 'doing it right' from from the start and building from the ground up perspective is a fantastic goal, the reality of trying to fit that in with an entirely new direction is difficult at best. When you have a mounting list of items that need to be worked on already, s

Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
if we should place such non-C plugins into the main rsyslog repo. I see lot's of good in this (assuming the contributor is happy with that, of course), but that means that changes can only go into them via PR, patches... Rainer On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > I

Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:42 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > Hmm. That&

Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > I think it might not be as hard to locate once the documentation is > complete. We can work on including these scripts in the core documentation. > That would make finding and using them far easier. > > And capitalization noted. W

Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
nt: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:35 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Rainer Gerhards > > wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Boylan, James

Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
r Gerhards" To: "rsyslog-users" Subject: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2014 9:04 AM On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > >> I agree with everyone that omprog should be a go

Re: [rsyslog] non-C output plugins

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
I agree with everyone that omprog should be a good solution for this. I'm going to be doing some tests in the near future with omprog so I'll be looking at Radu's post as well. :) Mostly I think using a stdout pipe is a good way of handling this. It is similar to how Hadoop handles non-Java map

Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog mission statement - was: logo

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
hat sounds good. Let me see if I can get at least some starting help from a co-worker over here :-) BTW: Florian created that image, something I should have mentioned in the first place. Rainer > > > 2014/1/22 Boylan, James > > > That is a fantastic image. Now I need to find

Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog mission statement - was: logo

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
That is a fantastic image. Now I need to find that shirt. :) -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:21 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rs

Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog mission statement - was: logo

2014-01-22 Thread Boylan, James
I agree with many of the points about the mission statement. I would really like to see Rsyslog continue on the path of becoming one of the defacto unified data transport solutions. To me, a true unified data transport needs to not just be able to send the messages to a destination, but control

Re: [rsyslog] Queue Alerting?

2014-01-17 Thread Boylan, James
I agree with Radu. That kind of alerting it well outside the scope of Rsyslog and you would also have to consider the potential performance impact that kind of monitoring would have on the application. -- James -Original Message- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog

Re: [rsyslog] Main queue settings in new format?

2014-01-16 Thread Boylan, James
6, 2014 10:39 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Main queue settings in new format? On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > The only way I know of doing it is by creating a new ruleset and > defining a queue for it. Ie: > > ruleset(name="SysLogs "

Re: [rsyslog] Main queue settings in new format?

2014-01-16 Thread Boylan, James
The only way I know of doing it is by creating a new ruleset and defining a queue for it. Ie: ruleset(name="SysLogs " queue.type="FixedArray" queue.size="100" queue.dequeuebatchsize="1000" queue.workerthreads="4") { ## Ruleset contents } I'm not sure there i

Re: [rsyslog] Redhat/CentOS init/sysconfig/default config files

2014-01-15 Thread Boylan, James
slog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Redhat/CentOS init/sysconfig/default config files On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > Does it make sense to leave these files in the default Rsyslog GIT > repo or move them into the Rsyslog-pkg-redhat-centos repo? Since we > are buildi

Re: [rsyslog] Service/Init issue in RHEL packages for 7.4.8-1?

2014-01-15 Thread Boylan, James
] Service/Init issue in RHEL packages for 7.4.8-1? On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Boylan, James wrote: > Thanks Andre. I'll watch for the files and update my fork. > > OK, and for the time being I'll not do anything and just how things progress ;) Let me know if I should d

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