KeepAlive¶

Enables TCP keep-alive packets on the socket.

This parameter applies to imptcp: Plain TCP Syslog.

Name:: KeepAlive
Scope:: input
Type:: boolean
Default:: input=off
Required?:: no
Introduced:: at least 5.x, possibly earlier

Description¶

Enable or disable keep-alive packets at the tcp socket layer. The default is to disable them.

Input usage¶

input(type="imptcp" keepAlive="...")

Legacy names (for reference)¶

Historic names/directives for compatibility. Do not use in new configs.

$InputPTCPServerKeepAlive — maps to KeepAlive (status: legacy)

See also¶

See also imptcp: Plain TCP Syslog.

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