[syslog-ng] Host variable substitution in syslog-ng.conf include statement

[Fekete, Róbert]

Hi,

you can use environmental variables in the configuration of syslog-ng, the
$HOSTNAME variable should do the trick. See
https://www.balabit.com/documents/syslog-ng-ose-latest-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-guide-admin/html/config-global-variables.html

HTH,

Robert

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Broome, John P - OASAM OCIO CTR <
Broome.John.P at dol.gov> wrote:

> I am supporting a large number of syslog-ng hosts and we manage the
> configuration files with gitlab.  I have been trying to figure out how to
> reference a variable based on hostname in the syslog-ng.conf file on each
> machine.  For example, I would like to be able to have an include statement
> based on hostname – this would allow our common repository to have an
> exception set of filters/rules for each host but to use the exact same
> syslog-ng.conf file everywhere:
>
>
>
> ################################## syslog-ng.conf
> ###########################################
>
> @version: 3.2
>
> Include “`hostname`.conf”
>
> …
>
>
>
> Is there a way to accomplish this in version 3.2 (if not, does it appear
> in a later version)?
>
> We are restricted to EPEL6 included versions of syslog-ng, so that’s why
> we’re at version 3.2
>
>
>
> -           *JB*
>
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