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the heavily outdated version 5, which was actively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for this heavily outdated version.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.
Type: global configuration directive
Default:
Description:
Dynamically loads a plug-in into rsyslog’s address space and activates it. The plug-in must obey the rsyslog module API. Currently, only MySQL and Postgres output modules are available as a plugins, but users may create their own. A plug-in must be loaded BEFORE any configuration file lines that reference it.
Modules must be present in the system default destination for rsyslog modules. You can also set the directory via the $ModDir directive.
If a full path name is specified, the module is loaded from that path. The default module directory is ignored in that case.
Sample:
$ModLoad ommysql # load MySQL functionality $ModLoad /rsyslog/modules/ompgsql.so # load the postgres module via absolute path
[rsyslog.conf overview] [manual index] [rsyslog site]
This documentation is part of the rsyslog project.
Copyright © 2007 by Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon. Released under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.