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The Enhanced Event Logging System

Dynamic log import

EELS can automatically import records from proprietary log files when those log files grow by a given amount.

The configuration information for dynamic log import is contained in a dynamic-import parameter block. Multiple dynamic-import blocks are allowed within a single configuration file. The parameter block contains the following tags:

The EELS daemon (eelsd(1Meels)) monitors the log file filename. When the file's increase in size equals growth, eelsd executes the script called filename to import the records from the log file.

The script must import the records in a format that EELS can use. For information on how to create such a script, see ``Importing external log files''. One feature that is not addressed by the dynamic-import parameter block is that of how to keep track of what has already been imported. It is the responsibility of the import script to keep track of what has already been imported from a particular script. There are several methods you can use to do this:

The method you use will depend on several things, such as the application that is doing the logging, the frequency of logging to the file, the security model your system employs, and so on.

For more information, see ``Customizing dynamic log importing''.


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