I have added some doc about what modules can do today: http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_conf_modules.html
Note that message modification is possible, it was just not spelled out. The actual code also currently creates the false impression it is not possible. Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:15 AM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Feedback request: ACLs, imudp and accepting > messages > > > > Ideally, I think it would be a very interesting step to be able to > > > 'stack' syslog modules to define the path a given set of messages > > take > > > through the collector. Something akin to the Linux iptables > concept, > > > where a basic high-speed framework is laid out with a well-defined > > > order and an API that enables administrators to elect how specific > > > run-time modules interact within the stack. That's less of a > request > > > and more of a pipe dream, and is definitely influenced by the half > > > network security hat I wear. > > > > hmm, the recent ability to have secondary queues would allow this to > > fit > > in very nicely as a filter for what to do when moving messages > between > > the > > queues. > > I have thought more about this over the night. I think most of the > capabilities are already present, just need to be a bit "re-labled". > However, > what is missing is functionality to use loadable modules as a filter > condition. However, especially for complex filters, this sounds very > valuable, both from a performance as well as from a capability POV. It > also > looks like it is not hard to add. > > I will definitely look into that direction. Thanks all for bringing up > these > thoughts, any further comments are of course appreciated as well ;) > > Rainer > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
