debugFile

Writes per-action liblognorm debug records to an append-only dedicated file.

This parameter applies to mmnormalize: Log Message Normalization Module.

Name:

debugFile

Scope:

action

Type:

word

Default:

none

Required?:

no

Introduced:

8.2608.0

Description

Sets an append-only output file for liblognorm debug records generated by this action. It requires debug to be enabled. rsyslog opens the file while loading the configuration and fails configuration processing if the file cannot be opened.

The file path is administrator-controlled configuration. Select a path whose directory and permissions are appropriate for the rsyslog service account.

Action usage

action(type="mmnormalize"
       rulebase="/path/to/rules.rb"
       debug="on"
       debugFile="/path/to/mmnormalize-debug.log")

YAML usage

actions:
  - type: mmnormalize
    rulebase: /path/to/rules.rb
    debug: on
    debugFile: /path/to/mmnormalize-debug.log

See also

See also mmnormalize: Log Message Normalization Module and debug.

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