how to remove hostname and timestamp from logs coming from remote syslog server
I am using rsyslog to send all syslog files and few additional application log files to remote syslog server which has syslog-ng server running and it's sending to Splunk using splunk forwarder. My problem is, when rsyslog sending logs to remote syslog server (syslog-ng), in log events it's adding Timestamp and Hostname to it. How do I tell rsyslog to don't add Timestamp and Hostname to any log events?
based on my findings, there is a template in rsyslog.conf. where we can define format and other things about log events. I tried that but it didn't work.
in my rsyslog.conf I have entry for template as,
$template noTimeStampFormat,"%syslogtag% %msg%n"
$ActionFileDefaultTemplate noTimeStampFormat
I restarted syslog service, this change didn't work.
can someone please help me here on how to fix this?
Currently events looks like
<timestamp> <hostname> <tag> sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0)
Ideal would be,
<tag> sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0)
Thanks in advance!
linux syslog splunk rsyslog syslog-ng
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I am using rsyslog to send all syslog files and few additional application log files to remote syslog server which has syslog-ng server running and it's sending to Splunk using splunk forwarder. My problem is, when rsyslog sending logs to remote syslog server (syslog-ng), in log events it's adding Timestamp and Hostname to it. How do I tell rsyslog to don't add Timestamp and Hostname to any log events?
based on my findings, there is a template in rsyslog.conf. where we can define format and other things about log events. I tried that but it didn't work.
in my rsyslog.conf I have entry for template as,
$template noTimeStampFormat,"%syslogtag% %msg%n"
$ActionFileDefaultTemplate noTimeStampFormat
I restarted syslog service, this change didn't work.
can someone please help me here on how to fix this?
Currently events looks like
<timestamp> <hostname> <tag> sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0)
Ideal would be,
<tag> sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0)
Thanks in advance!
linux syslog splunk rsyslog syslog-ng
asked Nov 20 at 20:05
Meet101
140218
ActionFileDefaultTemplate is a legacy command. If you are mixing it with newer-style Rainer script likeaction(...)it has no effect. Also, forwarding probably uses templateRSYSLOG_TraditionalForwardFormat. Use an explicit template in your rules, eg perhaps for legacy it is*.* @@server;noTimeStampFormat
– meuh
Nov 21 at 12:06
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I am using rsyslog to send all syslog files and few additional application log files to remote syslog server which has syslog-ng server running and it's sending to Splunk using splunk forwarder. My problem is, when rsyslog sending logs to remote syslog server (syslog-ng), in log events it's adding Timestamp and Hostname to it. How do I tell rsyslog to don't add Timestamp and Hostname to any log events?
based on my findings, there is a template in rsyslog.conf. where we can define format and other things about log events. I tried that but it didn't work.
in my rsyslog.conf I have entry for template as,
$template noTimeStampFormat,"%syslogtag% %msg%n"
$ActionFileDefaultTemplate noTimeStampFormat
I restarted syslog service, this change didn't work.
can someone please help me here on how to fix this?
Currently events looks like
<timestamp> <hostname> <tag> sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0)
Ideal would be,
<tag> sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0)
Thanks in advance!
linux syslog splunk rsyslog syslog-ng
asked Nov 20 at 20:05
Meet101
140218
I am using rsyslog to send all syslog files and few additional application log files to remote syslog server which has syslog-ng server running and it's sending to Splunk using splunk forwarder. My problem is, when rsyslog sending logs to remote syslog server (syslog-ng), in log events it's adding Timestamp and Hostname to it. How do I tell rsyslog to don't add Timestamp and Hostname to any log events?
based on my findings, there is a template in rsyslog.conf. where we can define format and other things about log events. I tried that but it didn't work.
in my rsyslog.conf I have entry for template as,
$template noTimeStampFormat,"%syslogtag% %msg%n"
$ActionFileDefaultTemplate noTimeStampFormat
I restarted syslog service, this change didn't work.
can someone please help me here on how to fix this?
Currently events looks like
<timestamp> <hostname> <tag> sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0)
Ideal would be,
<tag> sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0)
Thanks in advance!
linux syslog splunk rsyslog syslog-ng
linux syslog splunk rsyslog syslog-ng
asked Nov 20 at 20:05
Meet101
140218
asked Nov 20 at 20:05
Meet101
140218
asked Nov 20 at 20:05
Meet101
140218
asked Nov 20 at 20:05
Meet101
140218
asked Nov 20 at 20:05
Meet101
140218
140218
ActionFileDefaultTemplate is a legacy command. If you are mixing it with newer-style Rainer script likeaction(...)it has no effect. Also, forwarding probably uses templateRSYSLOG_TraditionalForwardFormat. Use an explicit template in your rules, eg perhaps for legacy it is*.* @@server;noTimeStampFormat
– meuh
Nov 21 at 12:06
add a comment |
ActionFileDefaultTemplate is a legacy command. If you are mixing it with newer-style Rainer script likeaction(...)it has no effect. Also, forwarding probably uses templateRSYSLOG_TraditionalForwardFormat. Use an explicit template in your rules, eg perhaps for legacy it is*.* @@server;noTimeStampFormat
– meuh
Nov 21 at 12:06
ActionFileDefaultTemplate is a legacy command. If you are mixing it with newer-style Rainer script like
action(...) it has no effect. Also, forwarding probably uses template RSYSLOG_TraditionalForwardFormat. Use an explicit template in your rules, eg perhaps for legacy it is *.* @@server;noTimeStampFormat– meuh
Nov 21 at 12:06
ActionFileDefaultTemplate is a legacy command. If you are mixing it with newer-style Rainer script like
action(...) it has no effect. Also, forwarding probably uses template RSYSLOG_TraditionalForwardFormat. Use an explicit template in your rules, eg perhaps for legacy it is *.* @@server;noTimeStampFormat– meuh
Nov 21 at 12:06
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I have a similar situation where I'm logging to a local syslog and then forwarding all local0 facility entries over to a Graylog syslog input.
This is an example /etc/rsyslog.d/60-graylog.conf
template(name="MyFormat" type="string"
string= "%syslogtag%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg:::drop-last-lf%n"
)
local0.* @1.2.3.4:10514;MyFormat
(That last line is in "legacy" format and should really be rewritten with the "action" syntax)
More info and template properties are available at https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/templates.html
answered 18 hours ago
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on linux command line:
cut -d$' ' -f 3-20 logfile.log >newfile.log
"cut" splits in parts delimited by ' ' (space) and output part 3 to 20 ;)
answered Nov 20 at 20:21
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I have a similar situation where I'm logging to a local syslog and then forwarding all local0 facility entries over to a Graylog syslog input.
This is an example /etc/rsyslog.d/60-graylog.conf
template(name="MyFormat" type="string"
string= "%syslogtag%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg:::drop-last-lf%n"
)
local0.* @1.2.3.4:10514;MyFormat
(That last line is in "legacy" format and should really be rewritten with the "action" syntax)
More info and template properties are available at https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/templates.html
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I have a similar situation where I'm logging to a local syslog and then forwarding all local0 facility entries over to a Graylog syslog input.
This is an example /etc/rsyslog.d/60-graylog.conf
template(name="MyFormat" type="string"
string= "%syslogtag%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg:::drop-last-lf%n"
)
local0.* @1.2.3.4:10514;MyFormat
(That last line is in "legacy" format and should really be rewritten with the "action" syntax)
More info and template properties are available at https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/templates.html
answered 18 hours ago
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I have a similar situation where I'm logging to a local syslog and then forwarding all local0 facility entries over to a Graylog syslog input.
This is an example /etc/rsyslog.d/60-graylog.conf
template(name="MyFormat" type="string"
string= "%syslogtag%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg:::drop-last-lf%n"
)
local0.* @1.2.3.4:10514;MyFormat
(That last line is in "legacy" format and should really be rewritten with the "action" syntax)
More info and template properties are available at https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/templates.html
answered 18 hours ago
Moby Duck
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I have a similar situation where I'm logging to a local syslog and then forwarding all local0 facility entries over to a Graylog syslog input.
This is an example /etc/rsyslog.d/60-graylog.conf
template(name="MyFormat" type="string"
string= "%syslogtag%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg:::drop-last-lf%n"
)
local0.* @1.2.3.4:10514;MyFormat
(That last line is in "legacy" format and should really be rewritten with the "action" syntax)
More info and template properties are available at https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/templates.html
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on linux command line:
cut -d$' ' -f 3-20 logfile.log >newfile.log
"cut" splits in parts delimited by ' ' (space) and output part 3 to 20 ;)
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on linux command line:
cut -d$' ' -f 3-20 logfile.log >newfile.log
"cut" splits in parts delimited by ' ' (space) and output part 3 to 20 ;)
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on linux command line:
cut -d$' ' -f 3-20 logfile.log >newfile.log
"cut" splits in parts delimited by ' ' (space) and output part 3 to 20 ;)
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cut -d$' ' -f 3-20 logfile.log >newfile.log
"cut" splits in parts delimited by ' ' (space) and output part 3 to 20 ;)
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ActionFileDefaultTemplate is a legacy command. If you are mixing it with newer-style Rainer script like
action(...)it has no effect. Also, forwarding probably uses templateRSYSLOG_TraditionalForwardFormat. Use an explicit template in your rules, eg perhaps for legacy it is*.* @@server;noTimeStampFormat– meuh
Nov 21 at 12:06