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diff --git a/source/configuration/action/rsconf1_actionexeconlywhenpreviousissuspended.rst b/source/configuration/action/rsconf1_actionexeconlywhenpreviousissuspended.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..11251fe --- /dev/null +++ b/source/configuration/action/rsconf1_actionexeconlywhenpreviousissuspended.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +$ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended +-------------------------------------- + +**Type:** action configuration parameter + +**Default:** off + +**Description:** + +This parameter allows to specify if actions should always be executed +("off," the default) or only if the previous action is suspended ("on"). +This parameter works hand-in-hand with the multiple actions per selector +feature. It can be used, for example, to create rules that automatically +switch destination servers or databases to a (set of) backup(s), if the +primary server fails. Note that this feature depends on proper +implementation of the suspend feature in the output module. All built-in +output modules properly support it (most importantly the database write +and the syslog message forwarder). + +This selector processes all messages it receives (\*.\*). It tries to +forward every message to primary-syslog.example.com (via tcp). If it can +not reach that server, it tries secondary-1-syslog.example.com, if that +fails too, it tries secondary-2-syslog.example.com. If neither of these +servers can be connected, the data is stored in /var/log/localbuffer. +Please note that the secondaries and the local log buffer are only used +if the one before them does not work. So ideally, /var/log/localbuffer +will never receive a message. If one of the servers resumes operation, +it automatically takes over processing again. + +We strongly advise not to use repeated line reduction together with +ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended. It may lead to "interesting" and +undesired results (but you can try it if you like). + +Example:: + + *.* @@primary-syslog.example.com + $ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended on + & @@secondary-1-syslog.example.com # & is used to have more than one action for + & @@secondary-2-syslog.example.com # the same selector - the multi-action feature + & /var/log/localbuffer + $ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended off # to re-set it for the next selector |