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@pdolinic pdolinic commented Feb 2, 2023

Non-Rhel8 Systems use different default paths in Filebeat:

  • /var/log/syslog

This PR adds this, so data is directly visible in Kibana.

Fixes #18

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@pdolinic pdolinic changed the title adding syslog to default filebeat path configuration, for non-rhel8 s… Add Syslog to default Filebeat path configuration, for non-RHEL8 systems Feb 2, 2023
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widhalmt commented Feb 2, 2023

Looks good. Do you want to add some remark about rsyslog to Readme before I do the review?

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widhalmt commented Feb 2, 2023

Just saw the change in #23 . That's even better. So: Approved. Go for the merge!

@pdolinic pdolinic merged commit 668442d into main Feb 2, 2023
@pdolinic pdolinic deleted the enhancement-filebeat/syslog branch February 2, 2023 12:31
@widhalmt widhalmt added this to the 1.0.0 milestone Feb 2, 2023
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Add Syslog to default Filebeat path configuration, for non-RHEL8 systems
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Add /var/log/syslog to Filebeat defaults

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