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<title>rsyslog features</title>
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<h1>RSyslog - Features</h1>
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<p><b>This page lists both current features as well as those being considered
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for future versions of rsyslog.</b> If you think a feature is missing, drop
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<a href="mailto:rgerhards@adiscon.com">Rainer</a> a note. Rsyslog is a vital
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project. Features are added each few days. If you would like to keep up of what
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is going on, you can also subscribe to the <a href="http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog">rsyslog mailing list</a>.
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<h2>Current Features</h2>
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<li>native support for <a href="rsyslog_mysql.html">writing to MySQL databases</a><li>support for (plain) tcp
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based syslog - much better reliability<li>control of log output format,
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including ability to present channel and priority as visible log data<li>good timestamp format control; at a minimum, ISO 8601/RFC 3339
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second-resolution UTC zone<li>ability to reformat message contents and work with substrings<li>support for
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log files larger than 2gb<li>support for file size limitation and automatic
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rollover command execution<li>support for running multiple rsyslogd
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instances on a single machine<li>support for <a href="rsyslog_stunnel.html">
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ssl-protected syslog</a> (via stunnel)<li>ability to filter on any part of
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the message, not just facility and severity<li>support for discarding
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messages based on filters<li>ability to execute shell scripts on received
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messages<li>control of whether the local hostname or the hostname of the
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origin of the data is shown as the hostname in the output<li>ability to
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preserve the original hostname in NAT environments and relay chains
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<li>ability to limit the allowed network senders</ul>
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<h2>Upcoming Features</h2>
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<li>support for
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<a href="http://www.syslog.cc/ietf/drafts/draft-ietf-syslog-protocol-14.txt">
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syslog-protocol-14</a> compliant messages
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(pending, as IETF will change proposed format)<li>support for native SSL enryption of plain tcp syslog sessions
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<li>RFC 3195 support - planned (but late)
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<li>pcre filtering - maybe (depending on feedback) - simple regex already
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partly added
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<li>multi-threaded redesign - maybe (depending on feedback; also
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opens Pandorra's cross-platform development box ;))
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</ul>
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<p>To see when each feature was added, see the
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<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml">rsyslog change log</a> (online
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only).</p>
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