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Name
rsyslog
Sitio webrsyslog.com
licenseGPLv3 (GPLv2 for v2 branch)
Input Sources
UNIX domain socketSí
UDPSí
TCPSí
RELPSí
RFC 3195/BEEPSí (via im3195)
kernel logSí
fileSí
mark message generator as an optional inputSí
Standard output (stdout) of an application
Named pipe
Handle multi-line messages like Apache Tomcat or Oracle log messages
Windows Event LogSí a Windows event logging software such as EventReporter orMonitorWare Agent (both commercial software, both fund rsyslogdevelopment)
Network (Protocol) Support
support for (plain) tcp based syslogSí
support for GSS-APISí
ability to limit the allowed network senders (syslog ACLs)Sí
support for syslog-transport-tls based framing on syslog/tcp connectionsSí
udp syslogSí
syslog over RELPSí
truly reliable message delivery (Why is plain tcp syslog not reliable?)Sí
on the wire (zlib) message compressionSí
support for receiving messages via reliable RFC 3195 deliverySí
support for TLS/SSL-protected syslogSí (since 3.19.0)via stunnel
support for IETF's new syslog-protocol draftSí
support for IETF's new syslog-transport-tls draftSí (since 3.19.0 - world's first implementation)
support for IPv6Sí
native ability to send SNMP trapsSí
ability to preserve the original hostname in NAT environments and relay chainsSí
Message Filtering
Filtering for syslog facility and prioritySí
Filtering for hostnameSí
Filtering for applicationSí
Filtering for message contentsSí
Filtering for sending IP addressSí
ability to filter on any other message field not mentioned above (including substrings and the like)Sí
support for complex filters, using full boolean algebra with and/or/not operators and parenthesisSí
Support for reusable filters: specify a filter once and use it in multiple selector lines no
support for arbritrary complex arithmetic and string expressions inside filtersSí
ability to use regular expressions in filtersSí
support for discarding messages based on filtersSí
ability to filter out messages based on sequence of appearingSí (starting with 3.21.3)
powerful BSD-style hostname and program name blocks for easy multi-host supportSí
Supported Database Outputs
MySQLSí (native ommysql, omlibdbi)
PostgreSQLSí (native ompgsql, omlibdbi)
OracleSí (omlibdbi)
SQLiteSí (omlibdbi)
Microsoft SQL (Open TDS)Sí (omlibdbi)
Sybase (Open TDS)Sí (omlibdbi)
Firebird/InterbaseSí (omlibdbi)
IngresSí (omlibdbi)
mSQLSí (omlibdbi)
Enterprise Features
support for on-demand on-disk spooling of messagesSí
ability to limit disk space used by spool filesSí
each action can use its own, independant set of spool filesSí
different sets of spool files can be placed on different diskSí
ability to process spooled messages only during a configured timeframe (e.g. only during off-peak hours, during peak hours they are enqueued only)Sí (can independently be configured for the main queue and each action queue)
ability to configure backup syslog/database serversSí
Professional SupportSí
Config File
config file formatcompatible to legacy syslogd but ugly
ability to include config file from within other config filesSí
ability to include all config files existing in a specific directorySí
Extensibility
Functionality split in separately loadable modulesSí
Support for third-party input pluginsSí
Support for third-party output pluginsSí
Other Features
ability to generate file names and directories (log targets) dynamicallySí
control of log output format, including ability to present channel and priority as visible log dataSí
native ability to send mail messagesSí (ommail, introduced in 3.17.0)
good timestamp format control; at a minimum, ISO 8601/RFC 3339 second-resolution UTC zoneSí
ability to reformat message contents and work with substringsSí
support for log files larger than 2gbSí
support for log file size limitation and automatic rollover command executionSí
support for running multiple syslogd instances on a single machineSí
ability to execute shell scripts on received messagesSí
ability to pipe messages to a continously running program
massively multi-threaded for tomorrow's multi-core machinesSí
ability to control repeated line reduction ("last message repeated n times") on a per selector-line basisSí
supports multiple actions per selector/filter conditionSí
web interfacephpLogCon [also works with php-syslog-ng]
using text files as input sourceSí
rate-limiting output actionsSí
discard low-priority messages under system stressSí
flow control (slow down message reception when system is busy)Sí (advanced, multiple ways to slow down inputs depending on individual input capabilities, based on watermarks)
rewriting messagesSí
output data into various formatsSí
ability to control "message repeated n times" generationSí
supported platforms Linux, BSD, anecdotical seen on Solaris; compilation and basic testing done on HP UX
DNS cacheSí
Windows Event Log containers / log files (via separate agent application)
Latest version7.2.6 stable (March 2013)
IT development
English
Public
Public
2013-03-20 17:56:58
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