[rsyslog] rsyslog 5.3.4 (devel) released

[Tom Bergfeld]

Hi all,

We have just released rsyslog 5.3.4, a member of the v5-devel branch.
Today's release offers a number of important improvements. I would like to
highlight the ability to nest rulesets [1] (I already announced that) and the
ability to define custom parsers [2].

Let me elaborate a bit on the later. In the syslog world exists a myriad of
incompatible and invalidly formatted messages. We have had numerous support
requests on how to parse this or that malformed message format. With custom
parsers, we now have a vehicel to integrate all these invalid formats in an
elegant way that is also offering high performance ([2] has a concrete
sample). The core idea now is that parsers are plugins just like input and
output modules. It is relatively easy to write such a parser (roughly a day,
I expect) and custom parsers can be integrated into rsyslogd in a way that
they only affect messages received on specific port. So far, I have not
actually created a custom parser, but I hope that over time many of them will
become available. My hope here is that we actually can build a directory,
which other folks can browse so that they are able to find a solution to the
mess their vendor has provided ;)

This release also introduces the capability to run rulesets off their own
queue (also already mentioned on the mailing list). Plus, it contains the
usual set of bug fixes.

We plan to make this version the basis for the next v5-stable.


[1] http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-omruleset.html
[2] http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsconf1_rulesetparser.html



ChangeLog:

http://www.rsyslog.com/Article423.phtml

Download:

http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-req-viewdownloaddetails-lid-185.phtml

As always, feedback is appreciated.

Best regards,
Tom Bergfeld
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