SysSock.RateLimit.Severity¶

Specifies which message severity levels are rate-limited on the system log socket.

This parameter applies to imuxsock: Unix Socket Input Module.

Name:: SysSock.RateLimit.Severity
Scope:: module
Type:: integer
Default:: module=1
Required?:: no
Introduced:: at least 7.0.0, possibly earlier

Description¶

Specifies the severity of messages that shall be rate-limited.

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog#Severity_level

Module usage¶

module(load="imuxsock" sysSock.rateLimit.severity="5")

Legacy names (for reference)¶

Historic names/directives for compatibility. Do not use in new configs. .. _imuxsock.parameter.legacy.systemlogratelimitseverity:

$SystemLogRateLimitSeverity — maps to SysSock.RateLimit.Severity (status: legacy)

See also¶

See also imuxsock: Unix Socket Input Module.

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