Delay event processing
#1
LukeOrins
Hi everyone! I`m trying to delay an event processing for a second, i.e.: if an event has a description I'll delay the output for a period. I found the sleep method in the Documentation, but it's not working as intended. Below is how my input is configured:
<Input input_file>
Module im_file
File "%LOGPATH%"
ReadFromLast TRUE
Recursive FALSE
<Exec>
if ($raw_event =~ /UPDATE/)
{
parse_json();
}
else if ($raw_event =~ /DELETE/)
{
sleep(2000) # wait 2 seconds before processing this event
parse_json();
}
</Exec>
</Input>
Is is possible to delay/wait for a few seconds before processing an event?
Thank you in advance!
#1
LukeOrins
Hi everyone! I`m trying to delay an event processing for a second, i.e.: if an event has a description I'll delay the output for a period. I found the sleep method in the Documentation, but it's not working as intended. Below is how my input is configured:
<Input input_file>
Module im_file
File "%LOGPATH%"
ReadFromLast TRUE
Recursive FALSE
<Exec>
if ($raw_event =~ /UPDATE/)
{
parse_json();
}
else if ($raw_event =~ /DELETE/)
{
sleep(2000) # wait 2 seconds before processing this event
parse_json();
}
</Exec>
</Input>
Is is possible to delay/wait for a few seconds before processing an event?
Thank you in advance!
Hello,
Have you tried the sleep() procedure? It takes a number of microseconds as an argument - I suppose it might help with your task. The docs are here:
https://nxlog.co/docs/nxlog-ce/nxlog-reference-manual.html#core_proc_sleep
Regards,
Rafal
