Use this documentation with care! It describes
the heavily outdated version 5, which was actively
developed around 2010 and is considered dead by the
rsyslog team for many years now.
This documentation reflects the latest update of the
previously existing (now removed) v5-stable branch.
It describes the 5.10.2 version, which was never
released. As such, it contains some content that
does not apply to any released version.
To obtain the doc that properly matches your installed
v5 version, obtain the doc set from your distro. Each
version of rsyslog contained the version that exactly
matches it.
As general advise, it is strongly suggested to
upgrade to the current version supported by the rsyslog
project. The current version can always be found on
the right-hand side info box on the
rsyslog web site.
Note that there is no rsyslog community support available
for this heavily outdated version. If you need to stick
with it, please ask your distribution for support.
rsyslog.conf configuration directive
Type: global configuration directive
Parameter Values: boolean (on/off, yes/no)
Available since: 5.3.1+
Default: off
Description:
This directive permits to prevent rsyslog from running when the configuration file is not clean. “Not Clean” means there are errors or some other annoyances that rsyslgod reports on startup. This is a user-requested feature to have a strict startup mode. Note that with the current code base it is not always possible to differentiate between an real error and a warning-like condition. As such, the startup will also prevented if warnings are present. I consider this a good thing in being “strict”, but I admit there also currently is no other way of doing it.
Caveats:
Note that the consequences of a failed rsyslogd startup can be much more serious than a startup with only partial configuration. For example, log data may be lost or systems that depend on the log server in question will not be able to send logs, what in the ultimate result could result in a system hang on those systems. Also, the local system may hang when the local log socket has become full and is not read. There exist many such scenarios. As such, it is strongly recommended not to turn on this directive.
This documentation is part of the rsyslog project.
Copyright © 2009-2014 by Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon. Released under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.