Dear Rainer, I update rsyslog to 8.23 and changed my template from %programname% to %app-name%. Now it works.
Thanks for your help! Greetings Ferenc Am Sa., 17. Nov. 2018 um 11:04 Uhr schrieb Rainer Gerhards < [email protected]>: > Your config should work. 8.3.3. is an unstable devel version from 2014 > - probably it simply has a bug. We are currently at 8.39.0. > > HTH > Rainer > El vie., 16 nov. 2018 a las 22:22, Ferenc Zuellich > (<[email protected]>) escribió: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm having trouble using a dynamic file option in combination with a > custom > > message template. In my scenario multiple applications talk to rsyslog > via > > a UDP port. I would like to separate the incoming log messages by > > application name. To simplify configuration and have it extensible I'd > like > > to define the log name dynamically based on the app name. > > > > I'm running rsyslog in version 8.3.3 on Debian 8 inside a VirtualBox. > > > > My configuration looks as follows: > > > > module(load="imudp") > > input(type="imudp" address="*" port="8514" ruleset="writeToFile") > > > > template(name = "customMessageTemplate" type = "list") { > > property(name="syslogpriority-text" caseConversion="upper") > > constant(value=" ") > > property(name="structured-data") > > constant(value=" ") > > property(name="timegenerated") > > constant(value=" ") > > property(name="msg") > > constant(value="\n") > > } > > > > template(name = "DynaFileTemplate" > string="/var/log/apps/%programname%.log" > > type="string") > > ruleset(name="writeToFile") { > > action( > > type="omfile" > > template="customMessageTemplate" > > DynaFile="DynaFileTemplate" > > dirCreateMode="0740" > > dirGroup="admin" > > fileGroup="admin") > > } > > > > > > I could already confirm that: > > > > - Removing the line *template="customMessageTemplate"* leads to the > > creation of log files with a dynamic file name. In other words it > works. > > The only thing missing is my custom message format. > > - Removing the line *DynaFile="DynaFileTemplate"* and adding a file > > property leads to the creation of the log file. The messages inside > are > > formatted according to the custom format. > > > > > > So in theory my configuration is correct, except that the combination of > > DynaFile and Template doesn't seem to work. I have checked in > > */var/log/syslog* for error messages in between rsyslogd restarts, but I > > could find none. I ran *rsyslogd -dn* and looked for errors. I can't say > I > > found any. But I noticed this output: > > > > 6336.150931206:main thread : name: (unset) > > 6336.150933518:main thread : type: 'omfile' > > 6336.150936227:main thread : action.writeallmarkmessages: (unset) > > 6336.150938269:main thread : action.execonlyeverynthtime: (unset) > > 6336.150940198:main thread : action.execonlyeverynthtimetimeout: > (unset) > > 6336.150942119:main thread : action.execonlyonceeveryinterval: (unset) > > 6336.150944078:main thread : action.execonlywhenpreviousissuspended: > > (unset) > > 6336.150945997:main thread : action.repeatedmsgcontainsoriginalmsg: > > (unset) > > 6336.150947914:main thread : action.resumeretrycount: (unset) > > 6336.150949818:main thread : action.reportsuspension: (unset) > > 6336.150951763:main thread : action.reportsuspensioncontinuation: > (unset) > > 6336.150953678:main thread : action.resumeinterval: (unset) > > 6336.150957462:main thread : newActInst (omfile) > > 6336.150959979:main thread : nvlstGetParam: name 'dirgroup', type 3, > > valnode->bUsed 0 > > 6336.151009164:main thread : param 'dirgroup': uid 1000 obtained for > > group 'admin' > > 6336.151012079:main thread : nvlstGetParam: name 'filegroup', type 3, > > valnode->bUsed 0 > > 6336.151131952:main thread : param 'filegroup': uid 1000 obtained for > > group 'admin' > > 6336.151135928:main thread : nvlstGetParam: name 'dircreatemode', type > > 5, valnode->bUsed 0 > > 6336.151137769:main thread : nvlstGetParam: name 'dynafile', type 14, > > valnode->bUsed 0 > > 6336.151139400:main thread : nvlstGetParam: name 'template', type 13, > > valnode->bUsed 0 > > 6336.151141015:main thread : action param blk in omfile: > > 6336.151142066:main thread : dynafilecachesize: (unset) > > 6336.151144050:main thread : ziplevel: (unset) > > 6336.151145998:main thread : flushinterval: (unset) > > 6336.151147907:main thread : asyncwriting: (unset) > > 6336.151149823:main thread : veryrobustzip: (unset) > > 6336.151151744:main thread : flushontxend: (unset) > > 6336.151153611:main thread : iobuffersize: (unset) > > 6336.151155528:main thread : dirowner: (unset) > > 6336.151157425:main thread : dirownernum: (unset) > > 6336.151159310:main thread : dirgroup: 1000 > > 6336.151161496:main thread : dirgroupnum: (unset) > > 6336.151163394:main thread : fileowner: (unset) > > 6336.151165262:main thread : fileownernum: (unset) > > 6336.151167133:main thread : filegroup: 1000 > > 6336.151169166:main thread : filegroupnum: (unset) > > 6336.151171064:main thread : dircreatemode: 480 > > 6336.151173151:main thread : filecreatemode: (unset) > > 6336.151175091:main thread : failonchownfailure: (unset) > > 6336.151176990:main thread : createdirs: (unset) > > 6336.151178907:main thread : sync: (unset) > > 6336.151180805:main thread : file: (unset) > > 6336.151182721:main thread : dynafile: 'DynaFileTemplate' > > 6336.151185071:main thread : sig.provider: (unset) > > 6336.151186960:main thread : cry.provider: (unset) > > 6336.151188861:main thread : closetimeout: (unset) > > 6336.151190739:main thread : template: 'customMessageTemplate' > > 6336.151202063:main thread : janitor: entry 0xfeec70, id > > 'omfile:dynafile:DynaFileTemplate:0xff0370' added > > > > > > *6336.151204258:main thread : Module builtin:omfile processes this > > action.6336.151217998:main thread : template: 'customMessageTemplate' > > assigned6336.151219385:main thread : template: 'DynaFileTemplate' > > assigned* > > > > Which looks like rsyslog configures the action and overwrites the > template > > setting. Which I wouldn't expect. > > > > Does somebody have any idea? I scanned the changelogs, too, and where > > unable to find anything regarding bugs when using DynaFile and template > > together. > > > > > > Greetings > > > > > > Ferenc > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. 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