Re: [syslog-ng] Setting and using variables

25 Mar 2019

      Thank you both, this is very helpful.  I can use this.  Is it only possible to set variables by adding to the message?  Can variables exist outside of the message?

-Mark

From: syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu> On Behalf Of Péter, Kókai
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2019 4:34 AM
To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu>
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Setting and using variables

Hello,

You could use *rewrite* rule to add nv-pair to each message:

log {
        source(s_local);

        if (message('a')) {
                rewrite {
                        set("foo" value("app"));
                        set("bar" value("location"));
                };
        }
        elif (message('b')) {
                rewrite {
                        set("foob" value("app"));
                        set("barb" value("location"));
                };
        }
        else {
                rewrite {
                        set("default" value("app"));
                        set("default" value("location"));
                };
        };

        destination {
                file("/dev/stdout" template("$app $location\n"));
        };
};

Something like this.

--
Kokan

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:37 PM Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS] <mark.faine@nasa.gov<mailto:mark.faine@nasa.gov>> wrote:
Is there a way to set variables in syslog-ng?

I have a log path with about 20  if/else branches and each one does a unnamed destination for that branch:

log {
     source(pan_splunk);
     if ( tags('mytag') ) {
         destination {
           file("/var/log/remote/backup/$HOST/asa/${HOST}_asa.log"
           create-dirs(yes) dir-owner("splunk") dir-group("splunk") dir-perm(0750));
         };
     } elif ( message('something else') ) {
         destination {
           file("/var/log/remote/backup/$HOST/pubfw/${HOST}_pubfw.log"
           create-dirs(yes) dir-owner("splunk") dir-group("splunk") dir-perm(0750));
         };
     } elif {
         filter { message('foo')   or
             message('bar')           or
             message('baz')  or
     ...

I'd need to introduce another directory level as a variable and I'd also like to change an existing part of the path to a variable so that then I could then do something like this:

if ( tags('mytag') ) {
    app = asa
    location = msfc
elif
...

and at the end I could then just do a single destination that had a file path with the variables
file("/var/log/remote/backup/$location/$HOST/$app/${HOST}_$app.log"

Thanks,
-Mark

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