File
The file
output stores log records in a plain text file.
spec:
file:
path: /mnt/archive/logs/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/app.log
create_dirs: true
For details on the available options of the output, see the documentation of the AxoSyslog syslog-ng distribution.
For available macros like ${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}
see the documentation of the AxoSyslog syslog-ng distribution.
Configuration
path (string, required)
Store file path
Default: -
create_dirs (bool, optional)
Enable creating non-existing directories.
Default: false
dir_group (string, optional)
The group of the directories created by syslog-ng. To preserve the original properties of an existing directory, use the option without specifying an attribute: dir-group().
Default: Use the global settings
dir_owner (string, optional)
The owner of the directories created by syslog-ng. To preserve the original properties of an existing directory, use the option without specifying an attribute: dir-owner().
Default: Use the global settings
dir_perm (int, optional)
The permission mask of directories created by syslog-ng. Log directories are only created if a file after macro expansion refers to a non-existing directory, and directory creation is enabled (see also the create-dirs() option). For octal numbers prefix the number with 0, for example use 0755 for rwxr-xr-x.
Default: Use the global settings
disk_buffer (*DiskBuffer, optional)
This option enables putting outgoing messages into the disk buffer of the destination to avoid message loss in case of a system failure on the destination side. For details, see the Syslog-ng DiskBuffer options.
Default: false
template (string, optional)
Default: -
persist_name (string, optional)
Default: -