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diff --git a/doc/omrelp.html b/doc/omrelp.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a44ec319 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/omrelp.html @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"><title>RELP Output Module (omrelp)</title> + +</head> +<body> +<a href="rsyslog_conf_modules.html">back to rsyslog module documentation</a> + +<h1>RELP Output Module (omrelp)</h1> +<p><b>Module Name: omrelp</b></p> +<p><b>Author: </b>Rainer Gerhards +<rgerhards@adiscon.com></p> +<p><b>Description</b>:</p> +<p>This module supports sending syslog messages over the reliable +RELP protocol. For RELP's advantages over plain tcp syslog, please see +the documentation for <a href="imrelp.html">imrelp</a> +(the server counterpart). </p> +<span style="font-weight: bold;">Setup</span> +<p>Please note that <a href="http://www.librelp.com">librelp</a> +is required for imrelp (it provides the core relp protocol +implementation).</p> +<p><b>Action Configuration Parameters</b>:</p> +<p>This module supports RainerScript configuration starting with +rsyslog 7.3.10. For older versions, legacy configuration directives +must be used. +<ul> + <li><b>target</b> (mandatory)<br> + The target server to connect to. + </li> + <li><b>template</b> (not mandatory, default "RSYSLOG_ForwardFormat")<br> + Defines the template to be used for the output. + </li> + <li><b>timeout</b> (not mandatory, default 90)<br> + Timeout for relp sessions. If set too low, valid sessions + may be considered dead and tried to recover. + </li> + <li><b>tls</b> (not mandatory, values "on","off", default "off")<br> + If set to "on", the RELP connection will be encrypted by TLS, so that the data is protected against observers. Please note that both the client and the server must have set TLS to either "on" or "off". Other combinations lead to unpredictable results. + </li> + <li><b>tls.compression</b> (not mandatory, values "on","off", default "off")<br> + The controls if the TLS stream should be compressed (zipped). While this + increases CPU use, the network bandwidth should be reduced. Note that + typical text-based log records usually compress rather well. + </li> + <li><b>tls.prioritystring</b> (not mandatory, string)<br> + This parameter permits to specify the so-called "priority string" to + GnuTLS. This string gives complete control over all crypto parameters, + including compression setting. For this reason, when the prioritystring + is specified, the "tls.compression" parameter has no effect and is + ignored. + <br>Full information about how to construct a priority string can be + found in the GnuTLS manual. At the time of this writing, this + information was contained in + <a href="http://gnutls.org/manual/html_node/Priority-Strings.html">section 6.10 of the GnuTLS manual</a>. + <br><b>Note: this is an expert parameter.</b> Do not use if you do + not exactly know what you are doing. + </li> +</ul> +<p><b>Sample:</b></p> +<p>The following sample sends all messages to the central server +"centralserv" at port 2514 (note that that server must run imrelp on +port 2514). +</p> +<textarea rows="3" cols="60">module(load="omrelp") +action(type="omrelp" target="centralserv" port="2514") +</textarea> +<p><b>Legacy Configuration Directives</b>:</p> +<p>This module uses old-style action configuration to keep +consistent with the forwarding rule. So far, no additional +configuration directives can be specified. To send a message via RELP, +use</p> +<p>*.* + :omrelp:<sever>:<port>;<template></p> +<p>just as you use </p> +<p>*.* + @@<sever>:<port>;<template></p> +<p>to forward a message via plain tcp syslog.</p> +<b>Caveats/Known Bugs:</b> +<p>See <a href="imrelp.html">imrelp</a>, +which documents them. </p> +<p><b>Legacy Sample:</b></p> +<p>The following sample sends all messages to the central server +"centralserv" at port 2514 (note that that server must run imrelp on +port 2514). +</p> +<textarea rows="3" cols="60">$ModLoad omrelp +*.* :omrelp:centralserv:2514 +</textarea> +<p>Note: to use IPv6 addresses, encode them in [::1] format. +<p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>] +[<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> +<p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> +project.<br> +Copyright © 2008 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer +Gerhards</a> and +<a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. +Released under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.</font></p> +</body></html> |