Name.appendPort

Appends listener port number to inputname.

This parameter applies to imudp: UDP Syslog Input Module.

Name:

Name.appendPort

Scope:

input

Type:

boolean

Default:

input=off

Required?:

no

Introduced:

7.3.9

Description

Appends the port to the inputname property. Note that when no name is specified, the default of imudp is used and the port is appended to that default. So, for example, a listener port of 514 in that case will lead to an inputname of imudp514. The ability to append a port is most useful when multiple ports are defined for a single input and each of the inputname values shall be unique. Note that there currently is no differentiation between IPv4/v6 listeners on the same port.

Examples:

module(load="imudp")
input(type="imudp" port=["10514","10515","10516"]
      name="udp" name.appendPort="on")

module(load="imudp")
input(type="imudp" port=["10514","10515","10516"]
      name="" name.appendPort="on")

Input usage

input(type="imudp" Name.appendPort="...")

Notes

• Earlier documentation described the type as binary; this maps to boolean.

See also

See also imudp: UDP Syslog Input Module.

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