Is there a way to set ShortMessageLength other than in the extension definition?

#1 clintmaples 7 years ago

So normally I'd define ShortMessageLength during the extension definition part of my configuration file like so:

<Extension gelf>
Module xm_gelf
ShortMessageLength -1
</Extension>

Unfortunately, there are other issues preventing me from doing that. Is there a way to define ShortMessageLength in the input or output areas instead? When I try to like so:

<Input win_dns_logs_in>
   Module im_file
   File 'C:\\dns.txt'
   ShortMessageLength -1
InputType LineBased
</Input>

I get the following error: "invalid keyword: ShortMessageLength"

Thanks,

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#2 adm Nxlog ✓ 7 years ago (Last updated 7 years ago )

#1 clintmaples

So normally I'd define ShortMessageLength during the extension definition part of my configuration file like so: <Extension gelf> Module xm_gelf ShortMessageLength -1 </Extension> Unfortunately, there are other issues preventing me from doing that. Is there a way to define ShortMessageLength in the input or output areas instead? When I try to like so: <Input win_dns_logs_in> Module im_file File 'C:\\dns.txt' ShortMessageLength -1 InputType LineBased </Input> I get the following error: "invalid keyword: ShortMessageLength" Thanks,

ShortMessageLength is specific to the xm_gelf module and needs to be defined in its own Extension block for that reason. Note that the $ShortMessage field is honoured by xm_gelf and you can do this elsewhere in other blocks:

Exec $ShortMessage = substr($Message, 0, 100);