README.md in remote_syslog-1.3.0 vs README.md in remote_syslog-1.3.1
- old
+ new
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@
--hostname HOST Local hostname to send from
-P, --pid-dir DIRECTORY Directory to write .pid file in (/var/run/)
--pid-file FILENAME PID filename (<program name>.pid)
--parse-syslog Parse file as syslog-formatted file
-s, --severity SEVERITY Severity (notice)
- --tls Connect via TCP with TLS
--strip-color Strip color codes
+ --tls Connect via TCP with TLS
-h, --help Show this message
## Example
@@ -136,9 +136,19 @@
parse_fields: "something-meaningless ()()()(.*)"
Per-file parsing is not supported. Run multiple instances.
+
+### Optional: Run multiple instances
+
+Run multiple instances to support more than one message-specific file format
+(concurrently) or to specify distinct syslog hostnames. To do so, provide
+an alternative PID filename as a command-line option to additional
+instance(s), such as:
+
+ --pid-file remote_syslog_2.pid
+
## Reporting bugs
1. See whether the issue has already been reported: <https://github.com/papertrail/remote_syslog/issues/>
2. If you don't find one, create an issue with a repro case.