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* Proposal owners: | * Proposal owners: rsroka, rpavelka | ||
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<pre>$ diff rsyslog.conf.orig rsyslog.conf -u | |||
--- rsyslog.conf.orig 2017-05-26 16:31:09.768671818 +0200 | |||
+++ rsyslog.conf 2017-05-26 16:30:36.093682748 +0200 | |||
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ | |||
global(workDirectory="/var/lib/rsyslog") | |||
# Use default timestamp format | |||
-module(load="builtin:omfile" Template="RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat") | |||
+module(load="builtin:omfile" Template="RSYSLOG_FileFormat") | |||
# Include all config files in /etc/rsyslog.d/ | |||
$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf</pre> | |||
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Revision as of 12:03, 29 May 2017
Rsyslog log format change proposal
Summary
Currently Fedora uses RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat as a default format for timestamps in its logs. There is missing year and timezone. This proposal aims to change this by adopting ISO 8601 and RFC 3339 compliant timestamp format known as RSYSLOG_FileFormat instead of current RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat.
Owner
- Name: Radovan Sroka
- Email: rsroka@redhat.com
- Name: Roman Pavelka
- Email: rpavelka@redhat.com
- Release notes owner:
Current status
Detailed Description
Currently Fedora, RHEL and CentOS use RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat for log’s timestamp, so timestamps in files like /var/log/messages, /var/log/cron and /var/log/secure looks like e.g.:
May 29 13:37:50 localhost systemd: Starting Fingerprint Authentication Daemon...
We are suggesting new RSYSLOG_FileFormat that looks like e.g.:
2017-05-29T13:40:50.976409+02:00 localhost systemd: Stopping System Logging Service...
This format has few disadvantages
- Does not include year which sometimes may be needed, mostly when doing long term analysis or some investigation.
- Does not include timezone which may be important piece when working with system scattered around the globe.
- It is not standard format. Standards are ISO 8601 and more strict RFC 3339
I would propose to change this to defaults to standard format with timezone included.
Benefit to Fedora
Compliance to international standard, more information available in logs.
Scope
- Proposal owners: rsroka, rpavelka
- Other developers: none
All necessary changes are here:
$ diff rsyslog.conf.orig rsyslog.conf -u --- rsyslog.conf.orig 2017-05-26 16:31:09.768671818 +0200 +++ rsyslog.conf 2017-05-26 16:30:36.093682748 +0200 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ global(workDirectory="/var/lib/rsyslog") # Use default timestamp format -module(load="builtin:omfile" Template="RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat") +module(load="builtin:omfile" Template="RSYSLOG_FileFormat") # Include all config files in /etc/rsyslog.d/ $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
- Release engineering: none
Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
How To Test
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
User Experience
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Dependencies
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
- Blocks product? product
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)