> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:25 AM > >From what I know so far, YAML actually seems to be the best fit (but I > have > yet to see a rsyslog config with it). I *think* we could use the if- > then-else > constructs in a Python way inside YAML, something like > > if expr then > Action 1: > Param1: value1 > ... > Action 2: > ... > ... > else > Action n+1: > .... > end if
As this becomes interesting, I have now tried to do a rsyslog.conf in YAML as well. Not sure if it is the best way to do it, but at least it validates with yaml's reference parser [http://yaml.org/ypaste/]: global: emitstartupmessages: off modules: - imtcp: binary: "imtcp" maxlisten: 512 - imudp - ommail input: type: "imtcp" listen: 10515 ruleset: "remote10515" input: type: "imudp" listen: 10515 ruleset: "remote10515" ruleset: name: "remote10514" processing: if: expr then: - action: type: "omfile" file: "/var/log/catchall" - action: use: "dynfile" endif: ruleset: name: "testFromEmail" processing: if: expr - action: type: "omfile" file: "/var/log/file1" - action: type: "omfile" file: "/var/log/file2" else: if: expr - action: type: "omfile" file: "/var/log/file3" else: - action: type: "omfile" file: "/var/log/file4" endif: endif: I have to admit that it doesn't look too bad, but it also does not look as appealing as I had hoped for... One inherant problem is the potentially large number of parameters that an action needs. In this sample, I have specified only very few, but with async processing, actions and the like they will become many. Maybe it would be a good idea to force the user to predefine actions before they are used... but that is not intuitive :( Back to the sample: I notice that YAML was not meant to express control-flow like things and I really see how we are abusing it... Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
