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Getting Data In

We pass messages with rsyslog using the rfc3339 time format. It has microseconds, and it has a timestamp. But noticed a few issues:

The time zone is not parsed out of the message. If I remove the microseconds from the timestamp, it would work fine.
The host does not get parsed out. Seems to be a problem with the syslog-host transform which does not like the timezone. Dropping the timezone fixes this problem but I would rather keep it.

What would be the best way to proceed?

Modify the syslog source type?
Create a new source type?
Report the issue and hope for a fix?

1 Solution

Solution

The best approach (IMO) is to create a new sourcetype that parses the data.

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

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Solution

The best approach (IMO) is to create a new sourcetype that parses the data.

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

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