Version 7.5.3 [devel] 2013-09-11 imfile: support for escaping LF characters added embedded LF in syslog messages cause a lot of trouble. imfile now has the capability to escape them to “#012″ (just like the regular control character escape option). This requires new-style input statements to be used. If legacy configuration statements are used, LF escaping […]
rsyslog 6.3.7 (v6-devel) released
With this release, all builtin actions support the new v6 config format. Also, the release contains much enhanced statistics counters and various bug fixes. Recommended for all users of the v6-devel branch. ChangeLog: http://www.rsyslog.com/changelog-for-6-3-7-v6-devel/ Download: http://www.rsyslog.com/rsyslog-6-3-7-v6-devel/ As always, feedback is appreciated. Best regards, Florian Riedl
rsyslog statistics counter
Rsyslog supports statistic counters via the impstats module. It is important to know that impstats and friends only provides an infrastructure where core components and plugins can register statistics counter. This FAQ entry tries to describe all counters available, but please keep in mind that there may exist that we do not know about. When […]
Periodic statistics on rsyslog counters
Since rsyslog 5.7.0 (V5-Devel) there is a new module called impstats. This module provides periodic output of rsyslog internal counters. Note that the whole statistics system is currently under development. So availabilty and format of counters may change and is not yet stable (so be prepared to change your trending scripts when you upgrade to […]