Use this documentation with care! It describes
the outdated version 7, which was actively
developed around 2014 and is considered dead by the
rsyslog team.
This documentation reflects the latest update of the
v7-stable branch. It describes the 7.6.8 version, which was never
released. As such, it contains some content that
does not apply to any released version.
To obtain the doc that properly matches your installed
v7 version, obtain the doc set from your distro. Each
version of rsyslog contained the version that exactly
matches it.
As general advise, it is strongly suggested to
upgrade to the current version supported by the rsyslog
project. The current version can always be found on
the right-hand side info box on the rsyslog web site.
Note that there is only limited rsyslog community support
available for the outdated v7 version (officially we do not
support it at all, but we usually are able to answer simple
questions). If you need to stick with v7, it probably is
best to ask your distribution for support.
Input¶
The input object, as its name suggests, describes message input sources.
Without input, no processing happens at all, because no messages enter the
rsyslog system.
Inputs are implemented via input modules.
The input object has different parameters:
- those that apply to all input and are generally available for all inputs. These are documented below.
- input-specific parameters. These are specific to a certain type of input. They are documented by the input module in question.
General Input Parameters¶
-
type <type-string> Mandatory
The
<type-string>is a string identifying the input module as given it each module’s documentation. For example, the UDP syslog input is named “imudp”.
This documentation is part of the rsyslog project. Copyright © 2008-2014 by Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon. Released under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.