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diff --git a/plugins/ommongodb/README b/plugins/ommongodb/README index 7581131a..ad4a8ea2 100644 --- a/plugins/ommongodb/README +++ b/plugins/ommongodb/README @@ -6,20 +6,13 @@ configuration: in your /etc/rsyslog.conf, together with other modules: $ModLoad ommongodb # provides mongodb support +*.* action(type="ommongodb" db="..." collection="..." template="...") -then in your /etc/rsyslog.d (check your distribution way to organize the configuration..) you create a file 10-mongodb.conf with the following content: +Note: if no template is specified, a default schema will be used. That schema +contains proper data types. However, if a template is specified, only strings +are supported. This is a restriction of the rsyslog v6 core engine. This +changed in v7. -*.* action(type="ommongodb" db="..." collection="...") - -Note: currently templates are not supported. Ommongodb will pick a default -schema and use the message object content for that (templateless). - - -TODO -we must ensure that the collection is a capped collection -refactor my code :-) - -email Victor Pereira <victor.pereira@bigrails.com> -twitter twitter.com/vpereira - -part of this doc by Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> +If templates are used, it is suggested to use list-based templates. Constants +can ONLY be inserted with list-based templates, as only these provide the +capability to specify a field name (outname parameter). |