hostname

Captures the hostname transmitted within the syslog message.

This property belongs to the Message Properties group.

Name:

hostname

Category:

Message Properties

Type:

string

Aliases:

source

Description

Hostname from the message.

Usage

template(name="example" type="list") {
    property(name="hostname")
}

Aliases

• source — alias for hostname

See also

See rsyslog Properties for the category overview.

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