ompipe: Pipe Output Module¶
Module Name: ompipe
Author:Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>
Description:
The ompipe plug-in provides the core functionality for logging output to named pipes (fifos). It is a built-in module that does not need to be loaded.
Global Configuration Parameters:
Note: parameter names are case-insensitive.
- Template: [templateName] sets a new default template for file actions.
Action specific Configuration Parameters:
Note: parameter names are case-insensitive.
- Pipe: string a fifo or named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages.
Caveats/Known Bugs: None
Sample: The following command sends all syslog messages to a remote server via TCP port 10514.
Module (path="builtin:ompipe")
*.* action(type="ompipe" Pipe="NameofPipe")
Legacy Configuration Parameters:
rsyslog has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages by prepending a pipe symbol (“|”) to the name of the file. This is handy for debugging. Note that the fifo must be created with the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd is started.
Legacy Sample:
The following command sends all syslog messages to a remote server via TCP port 10514.
$ModLoad ompipe
*.* |/var/log/pipe