7.3. Configuring logmuxd

RTA tables store the configuration and statistics for logmuxd. The following discussion describes the tables, and the examples in the next section give the SQL for using them.

7.3.1. logmuxd Sources

You tell logmuxd about your event sources by describing them in the four editable fields in logmuxd's MuxIn table. These fields are source, port, type, and term.

The source field contains the filename if the source is a file, pipe, or Unix socket, or the IP address if the source is a UDP or TCP socket.

The port field contains the port number for UDP and TCP sockets and is ignored for sources with an entry from a filesystem.

The type field specifies one of the six possible types for the source. Table 7-2 describes the six source ...

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