When using control structures to create some case filtering, there are some things to consider when formatting this. In general, a control structure can be as simple as this: if $msg contains “word” then action() else action() While this is correct and will work as expected, it is generally better style to encase expressions and […]
RSyslog Windows Agent 4.2 Released
Adiscon is proud to announce the 4.2 release of MonitorWare Agent. Besides some bugfixes (See Version History for details) a few new features have been added to this minor release. Most important is the ability to use regular expressions as compare operation when filtering properties. Properties can also be converted into IPv4 or IPv6 Addresses […]
Filter optimization with arrays
If you are using a lot of filters and templates in rsyslog, this can not only be affecting the performance drastically, but it is also a hassle to set up all the different actions and templates. It is always worthy to check, if there isn’t a shortcut somewhere, which might not only save you time […]