[syslog-ng] Multiple log statements vs If/else

[Nagy, Gábor]

Hi,

> The if/then/else control is much more readable, and I believe it was
> implemented for that reason. That being said, you can achieve the same
> behaviour with multiple log paths + flags, or embedded log paths and
> channels/junctions. Be aware however that in the former, declaration order
> matters.

Yes, that's correct.
We prefer using if-elif statements instead of using junction/channels with
final flags (because if-elif are basically just that) for convenience.
In if-elif statements there are even some flexibility you can configure
(what should be used for the conditional expression), for details let me
link our Admin guide:
https://www.syslog-ng.com/technical-documents/doc/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.20/administration-guide/51#TOPIC-1121970

Regards,
Gabor

On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 9:18 AM Fabien Wernli <wernli at in2p3.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 01:28:46PM +0000, Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS]
> wrote:
> > I was thinking about trying to build a configuration specific for an app
> from a Jinja2 template in Ansible and it seems like to me that if they
> aren't different it would be easier to do multiple log statements if
> generated dynamically.
>
> The if/then/else control is much more readable, and I believe it was
> implemented for that reason. That being said, you can achieve the same
> behaviour with multiple log paths + flags, or embedded log paths and
> channels/junctions. Be aware however that in the former, declaration order
> matters.
>
>
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