MaxBytesPerMinute#

Drops messages when the total bytes per minute exceed the specified limit.

This parameter applies to imfile: Text File Input Module.

Name:: MaxBytesPerMinute
Scope:: input
Type:: integer
Default:: 0
Required?:: no
Introduced:: at least 8.x, possibly earlier

Description#

Instructs rsyslog to enqueue only up to the specified number of bytes as messages per minute. Once the limit is reached, subsequent messages are discarded. Messages are not truncated; an entire message is dropped if it would exceed the limit. The default 0 disables this check.

Input usage#

input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/example.log"
      Tag="example"
      MaxBytesPerMinute="0")

See also#

See also imfile: Text File Input Module.

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