# call this via "python[3] script name" """A skeleton for a python rsyslog message modification plugin Copyright (C) 2014 by Adiscon GmbH This file is part of rsyslog. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 -or- see COPYING.ASL20 in the source distribution Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. """ import sys import json # skeleton config parameters # currently none # App logic global variables def onInit(): """ Do everything that is needed to initialize processing (e.g. open files, create handles, connect to systems...) """ # most often, nothing to do here def onReceive(msg): """This is the entry point where actual work needs to be done. It receives the messge from rsyslog and now needs to examine it, do any processing necessary. The to-be-modified properties (one or many) need to be pushed back to stdout, in JSON format, with no interim line breaks and a line break at the end of the JSON. If no field is to be modified, empty json ("{}") needs to be emitted. Note that no batching takes place (contrary to the output module skeleton) and so each message needs to be fully processed (rsyslog will wait for the reply before the next message is pushed to this module). """ data = json.loads(msg) print(json.dumps({"$!": {"sometag": "somevalue"}})) def onExit(): """ Do everything that is needed to finish processing (e.g. close files, handles, disconnect from systems...). This is being called immediately before exiting. """ # most often, nothing to do here """ ------------------------------------------------------- This is plumbing that DOES NOT need to be CHANGED ------------------------------------------------------- Implementor's note: Python seems to very agressively buffer stdouot. The end result was that rsyslog does not receive the script's messages in a timely manner (sometimes even never, probably due to races). To prevent this, we flush stdout after we have done processing. This is especially important once we get to the point where the plugin does two-way conversations with rsyslog. Do NOT change this! See also: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/22 """ onInit() keepRunning = 1 while keepRunning == 1: msg = sys.stdin.readline() if msg: msg = msg[:-1] # remove LF onReceive(msg) sys.stdout.flush() # very important, Python buffers far too much! else: # an empty line means stdin has been closed keepRunning = 0 onExit() sys.stdout.flush() # very important, Python buffers far too much!