When NXLog formats the the Event Log as om_out it formats the JSON correctly

define Format {if defined($EventTime) $timestamp = strftime($EventTime, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ');else $timestamp = strftime($EventReceivedTime, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ');rename_field("service_id", "_service_id");rename_field("timestamp", "_timestamp");rename_field("log_type", "_log_type");$body = $raw_event;$attributes = to_json();if defined($tag) $raw_event = "{" + '"timestamp"' + ':"' + $_timestamp + '",' + '"service_id"' + ':"' + $_service_id + '",' + '"tag"' + ':"' + $tag + '",' + '"log_type"' + ':"' + $_log_type + '",' + '"attributes"' + ':' + $attributes + '}';else $raw_event = "{" + '"timestamp"' + ':"' + $_timestamp + '",' + '"service_id"' + ':"' + $_service_id + '",' + '"log_type"' + ':"' + $_log_type + '",' + '"attributes"' + ':' + $attributes + '}';}

This is executed in the <exec> block which formats it into JSON format.

When the om_http is called the same way as om_out an error is logged as an over sized string. At first the JSON looks normal but as the code goes on you get an excessively long string.

Packet capture from Wireshark showing the end of the REST POST request.

POST / HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: nxlog-ce
Content-Length: 621554

Beginning:
{"timestamp":"2020-02-17T14:19:33Z","service_id":"id","tag":"security","log_type":"ea2_test","attributes":{"EventTime":"2020-02-17 14:19:33","Hostname":"hostname","Keywords":-9214364837600034816,"EventType":"AUDIT_SUCCESS","SeverityValue":2,"Severity":"INFO","EventID":4663,"SourceName":"Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",

End:

Accesses:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\tWRITE_DAC\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\tAccess Mask:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t0x40000\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"}\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"}\\\\\\\"}\\\"}\"}"}}

Why is it not working when you use the om_http module but works with the om_out module.

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: It looks like NXLog-CE broke itself. I was able to fix this by deleting everything in the nxlog/data folder and then reinstalled the agent. Now, using the exact same config files it appears to be working.