SyslogReader¶

Description¶

Attempts to parses the contents of a Syslog message in accordance to RFC5424 and RFC3164. In the case of RFC5424 formatted messages, structured data is not supported, and will be returned as part of the message.Note: Be mindfull that RFC3164 is informational and a wide range of different implementations are present in the wild.

Tags¶

logfiles, logs, parse, reader, record, syslog, text

Properties¶

In the list below required Properties are shown with an asterisk (*). Other properties are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, and whether a property supports the NiFi Expression Language.

Display Name	API Name	Default Value	Allowable Values	Description
Character Set *	Character Set	UTF-8		Specifies which character set of the Syslog messages
Raw message *	syslog-5424-reader-raw-message	false	true false	If true, the record will have a _raw field containing the raw message

State management¶

This component does not store state.

Restricted¶

This component is not restricted.

System Resource Considerations¶

This component does not specify system resource considerations.