immark: Mark Message Input Module

Module Name:

immark

Author:

Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>

Purpose

This module provides the ability to inject periodic “mark” messages to the input of rsyslog. This is useful to allow for verification that the logging system is functioning.

Configuration Parameters

Note

Parameter names are case-insensitive.

Module Parameters

interval

type

default

max

mandatory

obsolete legacy directive

integer

1200

no

$MarkMessagePeriod

Specifies the mark message injection interval in seconds.

See also

The Action Parameter action.writeAllMarkMessages in Actions.

See also

Help with configuring/using Rsyslog:

  • Mailing list - best route for general questions

  • GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with Rsyslog

  • Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to Rsyslog:

Copyright 2008-2020 Rainer Gerhards (Großrinderfeld), and Others.

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