I am replying here, but without a real reply. All feedback is deeply appreciate, but I'd like to keep silent for the time being to avoid bringing in my personal bias.
Please keep commenting. I'll do a wrap-up later. Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rsyslog- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of seth vidal > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 1:41 PM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog config file format - please provide > feedback > > > On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 13:32 +0200, Jan-Frode Myklebust wrote: > > On 2007-09-06, Rainer Gerhards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://rgerhards.blogspot.com/2007/09/rsyslog-config-again.html > > > > > > I would deeply appreciate any feedback on the samples and format > > > suggestions. > > > > /me thinks you're getting way too little feedback on the blog, > > or this list. Unfortunately I don't have much more than simple > > preference to contribute here.. > > > > XML-based format: > > > > Yikes, you'll need an additional human readable frontend > > format that's converted to XML for it to be usable. You > > can't expect us poor sysadmins to be editing XML > > directly to configure rsyslogd.. > > The nice piece of this is that it is machine parseable easily which > enables lots of useful editors. > > > > > syslog-ng like: > > > > Fair enough.. It works for my usage. > > The syntax is okay but at that point what distinguishes b/t syslog-ng > and rsyslog? > > > > Apache like: > > > > Not sure I understand this.. Seems like a mix of option/value > > and xml'ish for some functionality. > > This one I'm more interested in. If you think of each log like a vhost > and you define the qualities that are added to that inside the > definition > > <Log mylogofsilliness> > Destination /path/to/silly.log > DestinationMode 0640 > DestinationOwner root > DestinationGroup log-readers > Include mail.info kern.debug cron.emerg > </Log> > > etc, etc, etc > > maybe that doesn't make sense, maybe it does - it is pretty easy to > read, though. > > -sv > > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog
