I am having problems with the nxlog service being stopped randomly with the log entry: "WARNING nxlog-ce received a termination request signal, exiting...” I have nxlog installed on Windows 2016 server sending powershell windows event logs to Rapid7 IDR SIEM collector I have looked in application, security and system windows event logs, but I can't see what is stopping it. I am new to nxlog, so it could well be my config:Panic Soft#NoFreeOnExit TRUEdefine ROOT     C:\Program Files\nxlogdefine CERTDIR  %ROOT%\certdefine CONFDIR  %ROOT%\conf\nxlog.ddefine LOGDIR   %ROOT%\datainclude %CONFDIR%\\*.confdefine LOGFILE  %LOGDIR%\nxlog.logLogFile %LOGFILE%LogLevel DEBUGModuledir %ROOT%\modulesCacheDir  %ROOT%\dataPidfile   %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pidSpoolDir  %ROOT%\data<Extension _syslog>   Module      xm_syslog</Extension># Input: PowerShell logs only<Input powershell_logs>   Module      im_msvistalog   PollInterval 30   Query       <QueryList>\                   <Query Id="0">\                       <Select Path="Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Admin">*</Select>\                       <Select Path="Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational">*</Select>\                       <Select Path="Windows PowerShell">*</Select>\                   </Query>\               </QueryList></Input># Output: Send to SIEM at 10.20.2.10:1563<Output to_siem>   Module      om_udp   Host        10.20.2.10   Port        1563   Exec        to_syslog_snare();</Output># Route: PowerShell logs => SIEM<Route 1>   Path        powershell_logs => to_siem</Route> 

Hi there!Need help in managing windows logs… I need to receive logs that are only fall into warning and critical category. I understand that I need to use <Query> to filter logs, BUT I don't quite understand how to throw away info logs… It must be if $some_value_from_log == ‘INFO’ drop();Or maybe<QueryXML>       <QueryList>           <Query Id='1'>               <Select Path='System'>'WARNING'</Select>           </Query>       </QueryList>   </QueryXML>As for now my <Input> collect everything that fall into system logs category via select path… Any ideas? 

Hi, as per title, if I use the ReadOrder directive in an input with im_file module, I receive the error: ERROR invalid keyword: ReadOrder Do you have any suggestion on why?Input module example: <Input files> Module im_file ActiveFiles 36 ReadOrder MtimeNewestFirst Recursive True SavePos True File 'C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\\*.log' </Input> Thanks 

Hi,We are using NXLog-CE version 3.2.2329 and we prepare to deploy NX log agent in Windows server 2025.Is Nxlog CE version 3.2.2329 supporting log collection in Windows server 2025?If this version is not supported, what is the minimum version of NXLog CE to support Windows server 2025?Thanks.

Hi All,I installed nxlog on my windows server 2003 and send logs to the rsyslog server but it gives error logs like belowApr 29 16:23:06 log-collector rsyslogd[658]: imtcp imtcp: Framing Error in received TCP message from peer: (hostname) <ip>, (ip) <ip>: delimiter is not SP but has ASCII value 68. [v8.2112.0]"}here <ip> = server names and I have basic conf, Please help me these.

I am trying to collect Windows 11 events on a localized system (in my case: German) and send them to Logstash.Sometimes there are German umlauts within the value fields that are converted wrongly.This means that the JSON is no longer valid and Logstash cannot parse it.In example, the “Domain” key contains the German word NT-AUTORITÄT (umlaut before the last T). This is translated to “AUTORIT0xC4T”, where 0xc4 seems to be a part of U+00C4. This is the unicode expression of Ä. The correct  UTF-8 character is 0xC3C4. Interestingly, lower case umlauts are translated correctly. At least in the “message” field.Because 0xC4 alone is not a valid UTF-8 character, this cannot work. The parser in Logstash is then missing a byte and fails.I played around with “AutodetectCharsets” of xm_charconv in the nxlog.conf file: nothing changedThen I set "convert_fields("auto", "utf-8");" within the <input> block: did not change anything, too.An then I set "convert_fields("utf-8", "utf-8");" within the <input> block. That fixed the wrong Ä in AUTORITÄT, but broke all small umlauts.This is my nxLog configuration:<Extension json_encoder> Module xm_json </Extension> <Input eventlog> Module im_msvistalog Exec $Message = replace($Message, "\r\n", " "); <QueryXML> <QueryList> <Query Id="0" Path="Application"> <Select Path="Application">*</Select> </Query> <Query Id="1" Path="System"> <Select Path="System">*</Select> </Query> <Query Id="2" Path="Security"> <Select Path="Security">*</Select> </Query> <Query Id="3" Path="Setup"> <Select Path="Setup">*</Select> </Query> </QueryList> </QueryXML> </Input> <Output out> Module om_tcp Host 10.10.2.10 Port 5000 Exec to_json(); </Output> <Output localfile> Module om_file File 'C:\nxlog.txt' Exec to_json(); </Output> <Route route1> Path eventlog => localfile </Route> And this is an example of a faulty line in c:\nxlog.txt{"EventTime":"2025-05-05 18:27:39","Hostname":"Frodo","Keywords":-9223372036854775808,"EventType":"INFO","SeverityValue":2,"Severity":"INFO","EventID":37,"SourceName":"Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service","ProviderGuid":"{06EDCFEB-0FD0-4E53-ACCA-A6F8BBF81BCB}","Version":0,"Task":0,"OpcodeValue":0,"RecordNumber":163093,"ProcessID":17416,"ThreadID":9680,"Channel":"System","Domain":"NT-AUTORITĔ","AccountName":"Lokaler Dienst","UserID":"S-1-5-19","AccountType":"Well Known Group","Message":"Der Zeitanbieter \"NtpClient\" empfängt derzeit gültige Zeitdaten von pool.ntp.org,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->194.164.164.175:123).","Opcode":"Info","TimeSource":"pool.ntp.org,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->194.164.164.175:123)","EventReceivedTime":"2025-05-05 18:27:41","SourceModuleName":"eventlog","SourceModuleType":"im_msvistalog"}It is not such easy to post encoding problems. But in Notepad++ the output is shown as this:And as you can see, there are valid lower case umlauts in the message field: “empfängt derzeit gültige”How can I fix this? :( Thank you very much!   Thorsten

I'm running an agent as the system account of the computer, on windows server 2022.After the next set of actions, I get the next errors:did not receive requests from agent manager in the past 300 seconds, disconnecting2025-04-09 10:23:31 ERROR [xm_admin|admin] couldn't open file 'C:\Program Files\nxlog\cert\agent-ca.pem' for readingIs anyone familiar with this error?

I'm collecting log data using im_file that includes “domain\username” in a field. I run it through xm_csv to parse the csv formatted data into fields, then I extract that data with regex into a domain field and a username field, which works for all but those usernames that start with escape characters, n r t and b. I had been tweaking the regex at first thinking it was failing for some reason, but it really seems like the field is double quoted and is allowing escape characters to exist, even though I have it set to use a single quote when I parse the csv data.Windows Server 2019 Standard, NXLog CE version 3.2.2329.Input/Output exampleInput 2025/04/14,10:21:18,Disconnect,01DB045CCE64165800505699187E001,CD-PL-22-0030,domain\raymondc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,50,0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,, Output {"version":"v1","authentication_target":"vpn01","time":"2025-04-14 10:21:18","DeviceName":"CD-PL-22-0030","account":"domain\raymondc","event_type":"VPN_SESSION_TERMINATION"} ConfigPanic Soft #NoFreeOnExit TRUE define ROOT C:\Program Files\nxlog define CERTDIR %ROOT%\cert define CONFDIR %ROOT%\conf\nxlog.d define LOGDIR %ROOT%\data include %CONFDIR%\*.conf define LOGFILE %LOGDIR%\nxlog.log LogFile %LOGFILE% Moduledir %ROOT%\modules CacheDir %ROOT%\data Pidfile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pid SpoolDir %ROOT%\data <Extension _json> Module xm_json </Extension> <Extension _charconv> Module xm_charconv AutodetectCharsets iso8859-2, utf-8, utf-16, utf-32 </Extension> <Extension _exec> Module xm_exec </Extension> <Extension _fileop> Module xm_fileop # Check the size of our log file hourly, rotate if larger than 5MB &lt;Schedule&gt; Every 1 hour Exec if (file_exists('%LOGFILE%') and \ (file_size('%LOGFILE%') &gt;= 5M)) \ file_cycle('%LOGFILE%', 8); &lt;/Schedule&gt; # Rotate our log file every week on Sunday at midnight &lt;Schedule&gt; When @weekly Exec if file_exists('%LOGFILE%') file_cycle('%LOGFILE%', 8); &lt;/Schedule&gt; </Extension> <Extension csv> Module xm_csv Fields Date,Time,Event,DeviceID,DeviceName,UserName,POPAddress,VirtualAddress,Status_TimeConnected(sec),Status_BatteryRemaining(%),Status_CompressionState,Interface_Name,Interface_MACAddress,Interface_Reserved,Interface_Speed,Interface_SignalStrength,AP_NetworkName(SSID),AP_MACAddress(BSSID),AP_Vendor,AP_SecurityType,AP_Subnet,AP_RadioChannel,Location_Latitude,Location_Longitude,Location_Altitude,Status_EncryptionState,Reserved,Flags_NetMotion,Flags_Custom,Networking_TotalInTCPBytes,Networking_TotalOutTCPBytes,Networking_TotalInUDPBytes,Networking_TotalOutUDPBytes,Networking_TotalInBytes,Networking_TotalOutBytes,Networking_IMPReceives,Networking_IMPDelivers,Networking_IMPInDuplicateFrames,Networking_IMPOutPeerRetransmittedFrames,Networking_IMPInDuplicateBytes,Networking_IMPOutRetransmittedBytes,Networking_IMPOutRequests,Networking_IMPOutRetransmittedFrames,Status_TerminateReason,Status_TerminateStatus,Networking_IMPInCompressedFrames,Networking_IMPInDecompressibleBytes,Networking_IMPInDecompressedBytes,Networking_IMPOutCompressedFrames,Networking_IMPOutCompressibleBytes,Networking_IMPOutCompressedBytes,Networking_IMPInDataFrames,Networking_IMPInFragmentedFrames,Networking_IMPFragmentedFramesReassemblyReq'd,Networking_IMPFragmentedFramesReassemblyOK,Networking_IMPFragmentedFramesReassemblyTimeouts,Networking_IMPFragmentedFramesReassemblyFailures,Networking_IMPInSyncFrames,Networking_IMPInEstablishedFrames,Networking_IMPInAbortFrames,Networking_IMPInMortisFrames,Networking_IMPInPostMortemFrames,Networking_IMPInEchoRequests,Networking_IMPInEchoResponses,Networking_IMPInBroadcastFrames,Networking_IMPOutDataFrames,Networking_IMPOutFragmentedFrames,Networking_IMPOutFragmentCreates,Networking_IMPOutFragmentOKs,Networking_IMPOutFragmentFailures,Networking_IMPOutSyncFrames,Networking_IMPOutEstablishedFrames,Networking_IMPOutAbortFrames,Networking_IMPOutMortisFrames,Networking_IMPOutPostMortemFrames,Networking_IMPOutEchoRequests,Networking_IMPOutEchoResponses,Networking_IMPOutBroadcastFrames,Errors_InFrameHeader,Errors_InFrameAddress,Errors_InUnknownProtocols,Errors_InFramesDiscarded,Errors_OutFramesDiscarded,Errors_OutFramesNoRoute,EntityID,AuthenticationMode,DeviceAuthIdentity QuoteMethod String QuoteChar ' </Extension> <Input in> Module im_file File 'C:\Program Files\NetMotion Server\logs\nmact*.log' ActiveFiles 2 ReadOrder MTimeNewestFirst InputType LineBased CloseWhenIdle True PollInterval 30 <Exec> Add basic fields and drop unwanted lines. if ( ($raw_event =~ /Connect,/i) ) { $version = ("v1"); $authentication_target = "vpn01"; } else { drop(); } Regex to pull out the date and time and parse it into a datetime field. if ( ($raw_event =~ /^(\S{4})/(\S{2})/(\S{2}),(\S{2}):(\S{2}):(\S{2})/) ) { $EventTime = ($1 + "-" + $2 + "-" + $3 + " " + $4 + ":" + $5 + ":" + $6 + "-07:00"); $EventTime = parsedate($EventTime); } csv->parse_csv(); Extract domain+username and normalize to lower case. if ($UserName =~ /([\w-]+)\b\{1}\b([\w-]+)/) { log_info("captured: " + $1 + " and " + $2); $account_domain = lc($1); $UserName = lc($2); } else if ($UserName =~ /^(\w*)@(\S*)$/) { log_info("captured: " + $1 + " and " + $2); $account_domain = lc($2); $UserName = lc($1); } else { log_warning("unable to capture username: " + $UserName); } Set username to devicename for unattended authentication. if ($AuthenticationMode == "8") $UserName = $DeviceName; Update blank username to device name if (not defined($UserName)) $UserName = $DeviceName; Assign event type and authentication result. if ( ($Event =~ /Connect/) ) { $event_type = "VPN_SESSION_IP_ASSIGNED"; $authentication_result = "SUCCESS"; } else { $event_type = "VPN_SESSION_TERMINATION"; } Convert terminate reason to integer and check against list. $Status_TerminateReason = integer($Status_TerminateReason); if ($Status_TerminateReason IN (122, 113)) $UserName = $DeviceName; Keep version, authentication_target, EventTime, DeviceName, UserName, event_type, account_domain, VirtualAddress, POPAddress, authentication_result rename_field("EventTime", "time"); rename_field("UserName", "account"); rename_field("VirtualAddress", "assigned_ip"); rename_field("POPAddress", "source_ip"); delete($DeviceAuthIdentity); delete($SourceModuleName); delete($SourceModuleType); delete($Date); delete($Time); delete($EventReceivedTime); delete($Event); delete($DeviceID); delete($AuthenticationMode); delete($EntityID); delete($Status_TerminateStatus); Future enhancement could be to mark logs with terminate reasons, especially for logon failures. delete($Status_TerminateReason); if ( ($source_ip =~ /^(\S{7,15}):(\d{1,5})/) ) { $source_ip = $1; } to_json(); </Exec> </Input> <Output resultfile_out> Module om_file file 'C:\Windows\Temp\nxlog-results.json' </Output> <Route 1> Path in=> resultfile_out </Route>My log shows the field captured, but with a semicolon instead of “raymondc”.2025-04-14 10:19:47 WARNING stopping nxlog service 2025-04-14 10:19:47 WARNING nxlog-ce received a termination request signal, exiting... 2025-04-14 10:19:49 WARNING not starting unused module out 2025-04-14 10:19:49 INFO nxlog-ce-3.2.2329 started 2025-04-14 10:21:49 WARNING unable to capture username: domain;aymondc 2025-04-14 10:25:22 WARNING stopping nxlog service 2025-04-14 10:25:23 WARNING nxlog-ce received a termination request signal, exiting... 2025-04-14 10:25:24 WARNING not starting unused module out 2025-04-14 10:25:24 INFO nxlog-ce-3.2.2329 started

Hi,I’m leveraging the to_json() function to convert Windows Events to JSON before sending them. This generally works well, and most of the log is converted to JSON correctly. However, there’s a portion of the log where NXLog doesn’t format the data into proper JSON, instead inserting control characters like \r\n. This breaks the JSON formatting and results in an undesirable output.Here’s an example of a Windows Event that’s been converted to JSON. As you can see, the Message field includes control characters and retains the original structure of the event rather than being properly formatted as JSON:{"Channel":"Security","Message": "System audit policy was changed.\r\n\r\nSubject:\r\n\tSecurity ID:\t\tS-1-5-18\r\n\tAccount Name:\t\tclient01$\r\n\tAccount Domain:\t\tmydomain\r\n\tLogon ID:\t\t0x3E7\r\n\r\nAudit Policy Change:\r\n\tCategory:\t\tAccount Logon\r\n\tSubcategory:\t\tKerberos Service Ticket Operations\r\n\tSubcategory GUID:\t{foo}\r\n\tChanges:\t\tSuccess removed, Failure removed","Category":"Audit Policy Change"}Here’s an example of the output I’d like to achieve:{"Channel":"Security","Message":"System audit policy was changed.", "Subject":{"Security ID": "S-1-5-18","Account Name":"client01$","Account Domain":"mydomain","Logon ID":"0x3E7"},"Audit Policy Change":{"Category":"Account Logon","Subcategory":"Kerberos Service Ticket Operations","Subcategory GUID":"{foo}","Changes":"Success removed, Failure removed"},"Category":"Audit Policy Change"}Does anyone know if and how I can achieve this?NXLog CE is running on Windows Server 2022. Package version is 3.2.2329.

We're showing that NXLog CE has a DLL, libssl-1_1-x64.dll, that is using OpenSSL version 1.1.1q, which is vulnerable to CVE-2022-2097. Is there any plan to move to a newer version, or are there decent instructions for compiling the source code for Windows?

Hello. I am using nxlog community edition 3.2.2329_ubuntu20_amd64.deb on ubuntu 20.04.6. I am trying to rotate and purge logs on a daily basis. This is a dev environment that shuts down from 6pm to 7am daily. I tried using a Schedule block with a directive of When to @startup but that throws an error when starting nxlog. Also tried @reboot and got the same error. Here are snippets of the  nxlog.conf with @reboot. <Output fileout1>   Module om_file   File "/var/log/nxlog/syslog.txt"   Exec if $Message =~ /error/ $SeverityValue = syslog_severity_value("error");   Exec to_syslog_bsd();<Schedule>        # This can likewise be used for `@weekly` or `@monthly` time periods.         When @reboot        # The following crontab-style is the same as `@daily` above.        # When "0 0 * * *"         # The `Every` directive could also be used in this case.         #Every @startup        Exec    rotate_to(file_name() + strftime(now(), '_%Y-%m-%d'));    </Schedule></Output>…<Output fileout2>   Module om_file   File "/var/log/nxlog/logmsg2.txt"</Output><Extension fileop>Module xm_fileop<Schedule> When @reboot # Delete logs older than 14 days (24x60x60x30)        Exec    file_remove('/var/log/nxlog/*.txt*', now() - 1209600);</Schedule></Extension> Here is the output from console when I try to start nxlogubuntu@ip-172-31-17-93:~$ sudo systemctl restart nxlogJob for nxlog.service failed because the control process exited with error code.See "systemctl status nxlog.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.ubuntu@ip-172-31-17-93:~$ sudo systemctl status nxlog.service● nxlog.service - NXLog daemon    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nxlog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)    Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2025-02-28 09:49:47 PST; 29s ago   Process: 2821 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/nxlog -v (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)Feb 28 09:49:47 ip-172-31-17-93 systemd[1]: Starting NXLog daemon...Feb 28 09:49:47 ip-172-31-17-93 nxlog[2821]: 2025-02-28 09:49:47 ERROR couldn't parse value for directive 'When': @reboot not supported at /etc/nxlog/nxlog.conf:43Feb 28 09:49:47 ip-172-31-17-93 systemd[1]: nxlog.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILUREFeb 28 09:49:47 ip-172-31-17-93 systemd[1]: nxlog.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.Feb 28 09:49:47 ip-172-31-17-93 systemd[1]: Failed to start NXLog daemon. Seems like it does not like the When directive, but not sure why since it is in the documentation. nxlog starts fine if I use @daily, but since the system is shut down during the day change, the operations are not performed. Thanks!

Hello I startet central logging with nxlog community edition on windows most works finefinding a working nxlog.conf to graylog needs a lot of oursso I hope to find better help here in the community forum but missing several events in syslogfor exampleDns Client Events Event ID 1014AppCrash Outlook Exe Event ID 1001 At the Moment  i need to send all Windows events to the graylog syslog server can you give me an example config file for logging all Windows events ? thanks my config file ++++++++++Panic Soft#NoFreeOnExit TRUEdefine ROOT     C:\Program Files\nxlogdefine CERTDIR  %ROOT%\certdefine CONFDIR  %ROOT%\conf\nxlog.ddefine LOGDIR   %ROOT%\data# define Application Crash Eventsdefine AppCrashes               1000, 1001, 1002include %CONFDIR%\\*.confdefine LOGFILE  %LOGDIR%\nxlog.logLogFile %LOGFILE%Moduledir %ROOT%\modulesCacheDir  %ROOT%\dataPidfile   %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pidSpoolDir  %ROOT%\data<Extension _syslog>   Module      xm_syslog</Extension><Extension _charconv>   Module      xm_charconv   AutodetectCharsets iso8859-2, utf-8, utf-16, utf-32</Extension><Extension _exec>   Module      xm_exec</Extension><Extension _fileop>   Module      xm_fileop   # Check the size of our log file hourly, rotate if larger than 5MB   <Schedule>       Every   1 hour       Exec    if (file_exists('%LOGFILE%') and \                  (file_size('%LOGFILE%') >= 5M)) \                   file_cycle('%LOGFILE%', 8);   </Schedule>   # Rotate our log file every week on Sunday at midnight   <Schedule>       When    @weekly       Exec    if file_exists('%LOGFILE%') file_cycle('%LOGFILE%', 8);   </Schedule></Extension><Extension _gelf> Module  xm_gelf</Extension><Input win>  Module   im_msvistalog  Query <QueryList>\   <Query Id="0">\   <Select Path="Application">*</Select>\   <Select Path="System">*</Select>\   <Select Path="Security">*</Select>\   </Query>\   </QueryList></Input><Output  graylog>  Module om_tcp  Host  syslog.geodata.local  Port  3515  OutputType GELF</Output><Route graylog_route>Path win => graylog</Route>    

Hi, I'm seeing a lot of the above messages in my nxlog.log (Linux Enterprise Edition). I had tried to increase the StringLimit but every time the values of nnnn will be higher than aaaa.May I know if anyone is able to enlighten me on this? Thanks !

I've been using NXLog to monitor a simple log file from an application and send it to Graylog using GELF. Very simple, very efficient, and it works just like I want it to. Now I want to monitor a 2nd log file from another application and send that to a separate input in Graylog (also using GELF). I thought it would be quick and simple to add the 2nd log file as another om_file imput and add a 2nd output to route the log file to. But for some reason, I just can't get the 2nd input/output to work. Here is my nxlog.conf file: ######################################## User nxlog Group nxlog LogFile /var/log/nxlog/nxlog.log LogLevel INFO ######################################## # Modules # ######################################## <Extension _gelf> Module xm_gelf </Extension> <Input APP1> Module im_file File "/var/log/logfile1.txt" </Input> <Input APP2> Module im_file File "/var/log/logfile2.txt" </Input> <Output Graylog1> Module om_udp Host 192.168.0.100 Port 12201 OutputType GELF </Output> <Output Graylog2> Module om_udp Host 192.168.0.100 Port 12203 OutputType GELF </Output> ######################################## # Routes # ######################################## <Route graylog_1> Path APP1=> Graylog1 </Route> <Route graylog_2> Path APP2 => Graylog2 </Route> What I've found is that if I also route the logfile2.txt to Graylog1, it works just fine. So both log files can be sent to Graylog1. But when I add that 2nd output, Graylog2, and route logfile2.txt to it, I never get any of those messages in Graylog. I know this isn't a Graylog forum, but am I missing something in my nxlog.conf or should I be looking more at the Graylog server?

Hi I am pretty new to nxlog, so I lack some knowledge. We have been using NXLog to send logs using sysmon to our IBM Qradar. On a few machines, we've seen some logs that arrived today, but are from 1-2 weeks ago. How exactly does NXLog keeps logs that have not been sent. Are there any steps we can use to investigate why these logs were sent with such a long delay? In most cases it all works without a problem, but on very rare occasions we receive a few really old events. Thank you

Hi All,We are using NXlog CE to forward from windows server to SIEM. But we are facing issue in delay of ingestion of events.  Error of NXlog file details is given. Please assist.

Is the binary src/utils/csed built or otherwise incorporated into the build?It doesn't look like it when I built it from source because the binary wasn't built by default, but I wanted to confirm.There is a buffer overflow in csed.c, and I need to make sure it doesn't find its way into the build.Thanks.

Hi NXLOG Community,the NXLOG Process 100% CPU Load after Server restart on Windows Systems.The Problemcause is simple but i dont understand why.A Handfull of Servers whit much logfiles (nxlogconfiguration use Wildcard for logfolder(s)).The Logfiles are written in the Cachefile and looks okay. But it feels like digs through all log files.Small footage of a Configuration:<Input catalina> Module im_file File 'C:\Tomcat\logs\\catalina*.log' Recursive True PollInterval 30 SavePos True CloseWhenIdle True &lt;Exec&gt; #parse date if $raw_event =~ /(\d\d\-\S\S\S-\d\d\d\d \d\d:\d\d:\d\d)/ $EventTime = strptime($1, '%d-%b-%Y%t%H:%M:%S'); # Now set the severity to something custom. This defaults to 'INFO' if unset. if $raw_event =~ /\sSEVERE\s/ $Severity = 'CRITICAL'; else if $raw_event =~ /\sERROR\s/ $Severity = 'ERROR'; else if $raw_event =~ /\sWARN\s/ $Severity = 'WARNING'; else $Severity = 'INFO'; # The facility can be also set, otherwise the default value is 'USER'. $SyslogFacility = 'AUDIT'; &lt;/Exec&gt; </Input>We use the Last CE Version.: nxlog-ce-3.2.2329Thanks, regards Wolfgang 

Hi,I am trying to insert a custom, static text into the raw event (so that the output has the custom text + the log). However, it refuses to work. The log output is the same whether I add or remove my exec $raw_event My config input and output look like this: <Input in> Module im_msvistalog <QueryXML> <QueryList> <Query Id='0'> <Select Path='System'></Select> <Select Path='Application'></Select> <Select Path='Security'>*</Select> </Query> </QueryList> </QueryXML> Exec $raw_event = "STATIC CONTENT" + $raw_event; </Input> <Output out> Module om_udp Host XX.XX.XX.XX Port 514 Exec to_syslog_snare(); </Output> <Route 1> Path in => out </Route>   Logs:2025-02-12 11:09:20 INFO nxlog-ce-3.2.2329 started