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i am running 3.14.2 and would like to be able to have rsyslog compress the files once it rotates them.

$template DYNfirewall,"/var/log/rsyslog/%HOSTNAME%/%$YEAR%/%$MONTH%/%$NOW%-isg-traffic.log"

So in the above I would have

/var/log/rsyslog/hostname/2008/06/2008-06-01-isg-traffic.log.2.gz
/var/log/rsyslog/hostname/2008/06/2008-06-02-isg-traffic.log.1.gz
/var/log/rsyslog/hostname/2008/06/2008-06-03-isg-traffic.log

I would rather keep control of file rotation to that of rsyslog instead of the logrotate cron.

• Custom written rsyslog.conf?
• Maintenance Contract?
• Installation support?

Sorry, that's not yet supported. I suggest you file an enhancement request at http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/. I myself am interested in this functionality, but the new config format is definitely first to be implemented

Rainer

gkuser wrote:i am running 3.14.2 and would like to be able to have rsyslog compress the files once it rotates them.

$template DYNfirewall,"/var/log/rsyslog/%HOSTNAME%/%$YEAR%/%$MONTH%/%$NOW%-isg-traffic.log"

So in the above I would have

/var/log/rsyslog/hostname/2008/06/2008-06-01-isg-traffic.log.2.gz
/var/log/rsyslog/hostname/2008/06/2008-06-02-isg-traffic.log.1.gz
/var/log/rsyslog/hostname/2008/06/2008-06-03-isg-traffic.log

I would rather keep control of file rotation to that of rsyslog instead of the logrotate cron.

Any new thoughts about this matter ?

Maybe it could be implemented like that:

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#normal output:
*.* ?DynFile
output w/o syncing:
#*.* -?DynFile
#output w/o syncing with fast gzipping logs:
*.* -?(z1)DynFile
#output w/o syncing with best gzipping logs:
*.* -?(z9)DynFile


I would be consistent with @ syntax (log forwarding).

Alternatively it can be implemented as a module so config might look like:

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:omgzip:"/var/log/rsyslog/%$YEAR%/%$MONTH%/%DAY%/%HOSTNAME%.log"


Please take it into consideration.