debug

Enables per-action liblognorm debug tracing to rsyslog diagnostics or a configured debug file.

This parameter applies to mmnormalize: Log Message Normalization Module.

Name:

debug

Scope:

action

Type:

boolean

Default:

off

Required?:

no

Introduced:

8.2608.0

Description

Enables verbose liblognorm debug records for this action. Without debugFile, rsyslog emits the records through its internal diagnostic stream. Use debugFile when trace records should be kept separately from rsyslog diagnostics.

Action usage

action(type="mmnormalize"
       rulebase="/path/to/rules.rb"
       debug="on")

YAML usage

actions:
  - type: mmnormalize
    rulebase: /path/to/rules.rb
    debug: on

See also

See also mmnormalize: Log Message Normalization Module and debugFile.

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