1.5 stable? was(Re: [syslog-ng]Feature Request)

Simeon Johnston simeonuj@eetc.com
Tue, 27 Mar 2001 22:45:38 -0600


How stable is 1.5?  This looks like a very cool function that I would like to be able to use on our logserver.  Is it stable enough for a production environment?

sim

"Chad C. Walstrom" wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 05:37:15PM -0600, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:23:35AM +1000, Andrew Fort wrote:
> > > the 1.5 development releases allow you to specify what fields to go
> > > the output for some destinations.  i've attached a previous post of
> > > mine with the field list inside, and quoting Balazs' original
> > > feature announcement.  you may be able to use this in conjunction
> > > with other facilities, a log watcher, the program destination,
> > > whatever, to achieve your goal.
> >
> > SWEEEET!  Thanks for the reference!  I'll try it out!
>
> That's all I needed! Thanks!  Here's my config and output to show she
> worked well:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> destination sql_file {
>     file("/tmp/syslog.sql"
>     owner("root") group("adm") perm(0640)
>     template("INSERT INTO mytable ( host, facility, priority, level, tag, date, time, program, msg) VALUES( '$HOST', '$FACILITY', '$PRIORITY', '$LEVEL', '$TAG', '$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY', '$HOUR:$MIN:$SEC', '$PROGRAM', '$MSG' );\n"));
>     };
> log{ source(src); destination(sql_file); };
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Its output was beautiful SQL. ;-)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> INSERT INTO mytable ( host, facility, priority, level, tag, date,
> time, program, msg ) VALUES( 'skuld', 'syslog', 'notice', 'notice',
> '2d', '2001-03-27', '18:27:01', 'syslog-ng', 'syslog-ng[16935]:
> syslog-ng version 1.5.4 starting' );
> INSERT INTO mytable ( host, facility, priority, level, tag, date,
> time, program, msg ) VALUES( 'skuld', 'user', 'notice', 'notice',
> '0d', '2001-03-27', '18:27:28', 'chewie', 'chewie: this is a another
> test' );
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thank you VERY much for your help. ;-)
>
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