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diff --git a/source/configuration/modules/ompgsql.rst b/source/configuration/modules/ompgsql.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4df4745 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/configuration/modules/ompgsql.rst @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +.. index:: ! ompgsql + +******************************************* +PostgreSQL Database Output Module (ompgsql) +******************************************* + +================ ========================================================================== +**Module Name:** ompgsql +**Author:** `Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>`__ and `Dan Molik <dan@danmolik.com>`__ +**Available:** 8.32+ +================ ========================================================================== + + +Purpose +======= + +This module provides native support for logging to PostgreSQL databases. +It's an alternative (with potentially superior performance) to the more +generic :doc:`omlibdbi <omlibdbi>` module. + + +Configuration Parameters +======================== + +.. note:: + + Parameter names are case-insensitive. + + +Action Parameters +----------------- + +Conninfo +^^^^^^^^ + +.. csv-table:: + :header: "type", "default", "mandatory", "|FmtObsoleteName| directive" + :widths: auto + :class: parameter-table + + "word", "none", "no", "none" + +The URI or set of key-value pairs that describe how to connect to the PostgreSQL +server. This takes precedence over ``server``, ``port``, ``db``, and ``pass`` +parameters. Required if ``server`` and ``db`` are not specified. + +The format corresponds to `standard PostgreSQL connection string format +<https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING>`_. + +Server +^^^^^^ + +.. csv-table:: + :header: "type", "default", "mandatory", "|FmtObsoleteName| directive" + :widths: auto + :class: parameter-table + + "word", "none", "no", "none" + +The hostname or address of the PostgreSQL server. Required if ``conninfo`` is +not specified. + + +Port/Serverport +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. csv-table:: + :header: "type", "default", "mandatory", "|FmtObsoleteName| directive" + :widths: auto + :class: parameter-table + + "integer", "5432", "no", "none" + +The IP port of the PostgreSQL server. + + +db +^^ + +.. csv-table:: + :header: "type", "default", "mandatory", "|FmtObsoleteName| directive" + :widths: auto + :class: parameter-table + + "word", "none", "no", "none" + +The multi-tenant database name to ``INSERT`` rows into. Required if ``conninfo`` +is not specified. + + +User/UID +^^^^^^^^ + +.. csv-table:: + :header: "type", "default", "mandatory", "|FmtObsoleteName| directive" + :widths: auto + :class: parameter-table + + "word", "postgres", "no", "none" + +The username to connect to the PostgreSQL server with. + + +Pass/PWD +^^^^^^^^ + +.. csv-table:: + :header: "type", "default", "mandatory", "|FmtObsoleteName| directive" + :widths: auto + :class: parameter-table + + "word", "postgres", "no", "none" + +The password to connect to the PostgreSQL server with. + + +Template +^^^^^^^^ + +.. csv-table:: + :header: "type", "default", "mandatory", "|FmtObsoleteName| directive" + :widths: auto + :class: parameter-table + + "word", "none", "no", "none" + +The template name to use to ``INSERT`` rows into the database with. Valid SQL +syntax is required, as the module does not perform any insertion statement +checking. + + +Examples +======== + +Example 1 +--------- + +A Basic Example using the internal PostgreSQL template. + +.. code-block:: none + + # load module + module(load="ompgsql") + + action(type="ompgsql" server="localhost" + user="rsyslog" pass="test1234" + db="syslog") + + +Example 2 +--------- + +A Basic Example using the internal PostgreSQL template and connection using URI. + +.. code-block:: none + + # load module + module(load="ompgsql") + + action(type="ompgsql" + conninfo="postgresql://rsyslog:test1234@localhost/syslog") + + +Example 3 +--------- + +A Basic Example using the internal PostgreSQL template and connection with TLS using URI. + +.. code-block:: none + + # load module + module(load="ompgsql") + + action(type="ompgsql" + conninfo="postgresql://rsyslog:test1234@postgres.example.com/syslog?sslmode=verify-full&sslrootcert=/path/to/cert") + + +Example 4 +--------- + +A Templated example. + +.. code-block:: none + + template(name="sql-syslog" type="list" option.stdsql="on") { + constant(value="INSERT INTO SystemEvents (message, timereported) values ('") + property(name="msg") + constant(value="','") + property(name="timereported" dateformat="pgsql" date.inUTC="on") + constant(value="')") + } + + # load module + module(load="ompgsql") + + action(type="ompgsql" server="localhost" + user="rsyslog" pass="test1234" + db="syslog" + template="sql-syslog" ) + + +Example 5 +--------- + +An action queue and templated example. + +.. code-block:: none + + template(name="sql-syslog" type="list" option.stdsql="on") { + constant(value="INSERT INTO SystemEvents (message, timereported) values ('") + property(name="msg") + constant(value="','") + property(name="timereported" dateformat="pgsql" date.inUTC="on") + constant(value="')") + } + + # load module + module(load="ompgsql") + + action(type="ompgsql" server="localhost" + user="rsyslog" pass="test1234" + db="syslog" + template="sql-syslog" + queue.size="10000" queue.type="linkedList" + queue.workerthreads="5" + queue.workerthreadMinimumMessages="500" + queue.timeoutWorkerthreadShutdown="1000" + queue.timeoutEnqueue="10000") + + +Building +======== + +To compile Rsyslog with PostgreSQL support you will need to: + +* install *libpq* and *libpq-dev* packages, check your package manager for the correct name. +* set *--enable-pgsql* switch on configure. + + |