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; camelCase is recommended for readability.

Module Parameters

Parameter

Summary

interval

Specifies how often immark injects a mark message, in seconds.

markMessageText

Overrides the text that immark injects for each mark message.

ruleset

Routes mark messages to the named ruleset instead of the default.

use.markFlag

Controls whether emitted mark messages carry the MARK flag bit.

use.syslogCall

Chooses whether immark logs via syslog(3) or its internal pipeline.


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