[syslog-ng] Testing filter rules, How can I log structure and data to a fifo ?

[PÁSZTOR György]

Hi,

"Scot" <scotrn at gmail.com> írta 2016-02-15 09:58-kor:
> Searched for 2 hours this morning and could not find the answer.
> 
> Testing message filters and I'd like to be able to log all the meta data
> value pairs to a fifo to make troubleshooting easier.
> 
> Like RSYSLOG_DebugFormat

I typically use this:
destination d_net_flat { file("/var/log/net/$HOST"
  template("$ISODATE $(format_json --scope nv_pairs,all_macros,core,selected_macros,everything,core
		--exclude R_* --exclude S_* )\n")); };

Later in /var/log/net I watch the interesting file with this:

tail -f 10.21.255.141 | perl -MJSON -MData::Dumper -ne 's/.*?\{/{/ ; my
$j=JSON::decode_json $_; print Data::Dumper::Dumper($j) if 1 ; print
"$j->{FULLDATE};$j->{HOST};$j->{MSGHDR}$j->{MSG}\n"; '

The filename in the tail -f can be any hosts's file.
The other part: If I do not use the "$ISODATE " prefix in the template,
then even this perl one-liner is not neccessary. You can use json_pp as a
filter after tail too.
The advantage of this perl "oneliner" is, that I can modify the always true
1 expression as the print's conditional, so I have a better chance to
filter out lines, which interests me.

I hope, this is kind of a solution, which may help you.

Cheers,
Gyu