I had a quick look from the phone. Msg is a text property thus it will never be interpreted as json. If I looked correctly you need to set $!
Rainer Sent from phone, thus brief. Am 26.05.2015 21:03 schrieb "David Boles (dboles)" <[email protected]>: > I've corrected a problem with what I sent out a couple of days ago and can > programmatically alter the log data. However, I still have the following > questions: > > (1) When the data is loaded into mongodb via ommongodb I get records like > this: > > { > "_id" : ObjectId("5564bfafa8a87859b34ad450"), > "msg" : "{ > \"msg\": \"[umberlog test] testing ... 1, 2, 3\\n\", > \"host\": \"test0\", > \"elements\": [ > { \"type\": \"ladybug\", \"name\": \"natalie\", > \"spots\": 12 }, > { \"role\": \"worker\", \"age\": 9, \"type\": > \"ant\", > \"name\": \"B289\" } > ], > \"time\": \"2015-05-26T13:47:11.110216-05:00\" }" > } > > How can I make the body of msg be JSON as opposed to a string containing > JSON? > > > (2) Why can I not access $! in a template (this is related to the first > question) > after using mmexternal? > > All of this references code in: > > https://github.com/davidboles/snowflake.git > > Perhaps when working this sample could go on your Wiki as an example of > using rsyslog with Lumberjack structured log data. > > Thanks, > > David Boles > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.

