Compatibility

• Compatibility Notes for rsyslog v8
  • Mark Messages
  • Untested Modules
  • What Developers need to Know
    • output plugin interface
    • string generator interface
  • Specifics for Version 8.3 and 8.4
    • Unsupported Command Line Options Removed
  • Specifics for Version 8.5 and 8.6
    • imfile changes
    • Command Line Options
• Compatibility Notes for rsyslog v7
  • BSD-Style blocks
  • CEE-Properties
  • omusrmsg: using just a username or “*” is deprecated
  • omruleset and discard (~) action are deprecated
  • Retries of output plugins that do not do proper replies
  • omfile: file creation time
  • Notes for the 7.3/7.4 branch
    • “last message repeated n times” Processing
      • User-Noticable Changes
      • Performance Implications
    • Stricter string-template Processing
• Compatibility Notes for rsyslog v6
  • Property “pri-text”
  • Plugin ABI
  • RainerScript based rsyslog.conf
  • compatibility mode
  • abort on config errors
  • Default Batch Sizes
  • Default action queue enqueue timeout
  • outchannels
  • ompipe default template
  • omusrmsg
  • Escape Sequences in Script-Based Filters
• Compatibility Notes for rsyslog v5
  • HUP processing
  • Queue on-disk format
  • Queue Worker Thread Shutdown
• Compatibility Notes for rsyslog v4
  • HUP processing
  • outchannels
• Compatibility Notes for rsyslog v3
  • Inputs
  • Command Line Options
  • -c option / Compatibility Mode
  • -e Option
  • -m Option
  • -r Option
  • Default port for UDP (and TCP) Servers
  • klogd
  • Output File Syncing
  • Output File Format
  • Forwarding Format
  • Queue Modes for the Main Message Queue

See also

Help with configuring/using Rsyslog:

• Mailing list - best route for general questions
• GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with Rsyslog
• Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to Rsyslog:

• Source project: rsyslog project README.
• Documentation: rsyslog-doc project README