Thanks folks, you saved me a bunch of time and I owe you a beer. :) I was coming into this pretty cold, these examples really un-stuck me.
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:33 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2014, Jason Stelzer wrote: > > Thanks, the helped un-stick me. >> >> I did this: >> >> $template >> DynFile,"/var/log/app/syslog-%SYSLOGTAG%-%$YEAR%%$MONTH%%$DAY%.log" >> :syslogtag, startswith, "jps" ?DynFile >> & ~ >> >> >> It produced syslog-jps_log[31577][133720236]:-20140718.log in the right >> directory. >> >> A couple tweaks and I can probably fuss with the stupid startswith rule to >> make that dynamic too. The only thing unexpected is the [31577][133720236] >> bit in the tag. I wasn't expecting that, but it's a lot closer than it >> was. >> > > try programname instead of syslogtag > > also, it's very useful to write some logs using the format > RSYSLOG_DebugFormat as it will show you all the different properties and > what values they have. > > David Lang > > Thanks, >> >> -- >> J. >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Steve Clark <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> On 07/18/2014 03:30 PM, Jason Stelzer wrote: >>> >>> Hi, I am using rsyslog-5.8.10 on linux. >>> >>> I want to define some output logs that look something like this: >>> >>> $basename-$date.log >>> >>> Where $basename comes from the syslog TAG value and $date is composed >>> with >>> the $now/$hour/$minute properties on the syslog message. Thus, under some >>> prefix like /var/log/app, different components can log to syslog to their >>> own log files just by providing the tag for their component name. >>> >>> I am unclear as to how to get my output filename to be dynamic. I'm >>> pretty >>> clear on how to use the tag to filter things to existing places with >>> constant names, but when I try to see how to use tag to compose an output >>> file rather than hard coding the path to a constant file, I find myself a >>> bit stuck. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any tips. >>> >>> >>> Don't know if this will help - but this is how I set it to log remote >>> hosts into their own directories, with a log file by date. >>> ... >>> # log every host in its own directory >>> $template >>> DynFile,"/var/log/remotes-%HOSTNAME%/syslog-%HOSTNAME%-%$ >>> YEAR%%$MONTH%%$DAY%.log" >>> ... >>> # Remote Logging >>> $RuleSet remote >>> *.* -?DynFile >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Clark >>> *NetWolves Managed Services, LLC.* >>> >>> Director of Technology >>> Phone: 813-579-3200 >>> Fax: 813-882-0209 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> http://www.netwolves.com >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > -- J. _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
