Frequently Asked Questions

Some things are simply often asked. Here we provide the answers! So it is a good idea to check this area if you run into queries. if you have questions that should be explained here, please let us know.

 

General questions

Load balancing for rsyslog

rsyslog statistics counter

What are “Trusted Properties”?

Log normalization and the leading space

Using rsyslog mmnormalize module effectively with Adiscon LogAnalyzer

Why does imuxsock not work on Solaris?

Using a strgen module to write into a database

Adding the BOM to a message

Why does the rsyslog testbench sometimes fail?

CentOS 5: how to compile rsyslog from git

normalizer – first steps for mmnormalize

Install locations for rsyslog

How to use tcpflood for rsyslog testing?

Installing RSyslog 5 on RHEL 4 / 5

How to use rate limiting in rsyslog?

How to build the testing tools?

How to use debug on demand?

Periodic statistics on rsyslog counters

Preserving syslog sender over NAT

Build problems with 0.9.6

Does rsyslog support RFC3195/COOKED?

How to automatically delete database contents?

How to separate log files by host name of sending device?

 

Windows client questions