OCF_HEARTBEAT_RSYSLO(7)

✨ ocf_heartbeat_rsyslog ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for OCF_HEARTBEAT_RSYSLO(7) — the rsyslog resource agent 💖 it lives in section 7 of the manual, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little RAs out there, no cap.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ocf_heartbeat_rsyslog — the rsyslog resource agent. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rsyslog [start | stop | status | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]

like. it takes one of those six actions and that's the whole interface. simple. iconic. periodt 💅

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

This script manages a rsyslog instance as an HA resource.

fr fr, that's the whole thing — you hand it a rsyslog, it keeps that rsyslog alive and behaving inside your cluster. main character energy for a logging daemon 🫶

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✨ SUPPORTED PARAMETERS ✨

okay so these are the knobs you can turn. read them carefully, they matter 👑

• configfile — this one specifies a configuration file for a rsyslog instance managed by this RA. it's unique, required, a string, and it has no default — so like, you genuinely have to give it one. no skipping, bestie 😭
• rsyslog_binary — this one specifies rsyslog's executable file. it's optional, a string, and it defaults to /sbin/rsyslogd 🍓
• start_opts — this one specifies startup options for a rsyslog instance managed by this RA. when no value is given, no startup options is used. Don't use option -F. it causes a stuck of a start action. like literally do not. it will ruin your whole afternoon 💀

the way that -F is right there and you just have to not use it. iykyk 🙈

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🌈 SUPPORTED ACTIONS 🌈

this resource agent supports the following actions (operations):

• start — starts the resource. suggested minimum timeout: 20s ⭐
• stop — stops the resource. suggested minimum timeout: 60s 🛑
• status — performs a status check. suggested minimum timeout: 20s 🔍
• monitor — performs a detailed status check. suggested minimum timeout: 20s, suggested interval: 20s 👀
• meta-data — retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). suggested minimum timeout: 5s 🤫
• validate-all — performs a validation of the resource configuration. suggested minimum timeout: 5s ✅

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🧚 EXAMPLE CRM SHELL 🧚

the following is an example configuration for a rsyslog resource using the crm(8) shell:

primitive p_rsyslog ocf:heartbeat:rsyslog \
  params \
    configfile=string \
  op monitor depth="0" timeout="20s" interval="20s"

look at her. depth="0". she's perfect 💜

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🦋 EXAMPLE PCS 🦋

the following is an example configuration for a rsyslog resource using pcs(8):

pcs resource create p_rsyslog ocf:heartbeat:rsyslog \
  configfile=string \
  op monitor OCF_CHECK_LEVEL="0" timeout="20s" interval="20s"

same energy, different CLI. note that pcs says OCF_CHECK_LEVEL where crm says depth — that's just how they talk, don't stress it 💖

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💅 SEE ALSO 💅

• http://clusterlabs.org/

go. click. absorb the lore 🌈

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

ClusterLabs contributors (see the resource agent source for information about individual authors)

the whole squad contributed, we don't name names in the manpage, the source has the receipts 🫶

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this page came from resource-agents, version UNKNOWN, dated 04/08/2026 — and yes i know the version literally says UNKNOWN, we don't talk about it 😭 slay tho 💖✨