# ompipe: Pipe Output Module

Module Name: ompipe

Author:Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>

Description:

The ompipe plug-in provides the core functionality for logging output to named pipes (fifos). It is a built-in module that does not need to be loaded. Global Configuration Directives:

- Template: [templateName] sets a new default template for file actions.

Action specific Configuration Directives:

- Pipe: string a fifo or named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages.

Caveats/Known Bugs: None

Sample: The following command sends all syslog messages to a remote server via TCP port 10514.

    Module (path="builtin:ompipe")
    *.* action(type="ompipe"
    Pipe="NameofPipe")

Legacy Configuration Directives:

rsyslog has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages by prepending a pipe symbol (“|”) to the name of the file. This is handy for debugging. Note that the fifo must be created with the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd is started.

Legacy Sample:

The following command sends all syslog messages to a remote server via TCP port 10514.

    $ModLoad ompipe
    *.* |/var/log/pipe

This documentation is part of the rsyslog project. Copyright © 2008-2014 by Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon. Released under the ASL 2.0.