MaxBytesPerMinute

Drops messages when the total bytes per minute exceed the specified limit.

This parameter applies to imfile: Text File Input Module.

Name:

MaxBytesPerMinute

Scope:

input

Type:

integer

Default:

0

Required?:

no

Introduced:

at least 8.x, possibly earlier

Description

Instructs rsyslog to enqueue only up to the specified number of bytes as messages per minute. Once the limit is reached, subsequent messages are discarded. Messages are not truncated; an entire message is dropped if it would exceed the limit. The default 0 disables this check.

Input usage

input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/example.log"
      Tag="example"
      MaxBytesPerMinute="0")

See also

See also imfile: Text File Input Module.

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