NXLog Legacy Documentation

ZeroMQ (im_zmq)

This module provides message transport over ZeroMQ, a scalable high-throughput messaging library.

The corresponding output module is om_zmq.

To examine the supported platforms, see the list of installer packages in the Available Modules chapter.

Configuration

The im_zmq module accepts the following directives in addition to the common module directives. The Address, ConnectionType, Port, and SocketType directives are required.

Address: This directive specifies the ZeroMQ socket address.

ConnectionType: This mandatory directive specifies the underlying transport protocol. It may be one of the following: TCP, PGM, or EPGM.

Port: This directive specifies the ZeroMQ socket port.

SocketType: This mandatory directive defines the type of the socket to be used. It may be one of the following: REQ, DEALER, SUB, XSUB, or PULL. This must be set to SUB if ConnectionType is set to PGM or EPGM.

Connect: If this boolean directive is set to TRUE, im_zmq will connect to the Address specified. If FALSE, im_zmq will bind to the Address and listen for connections. The default is FALSE.

InputType: See the InputType directive in the list of common module directives. The default is Dgram.

Interface: This directive specifies the ZeroMQ socket interface.

SockOpt: This directive can be used to set ZeroMQ socket options. For example, SockOpt ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE ANIMALS.CATS. This directive may be used more than once to set multiple options.

Examples

Example 1. Using the im_zmq Module

This example configuration accepts ZeroMQ messages over TCP and writes them to file.

nxlog.conf

<Input zmq>
    Module         im_zmq
    SocketType     PULL
    ConnectionType TCP
    Address        10.0.0.1
    Port           1415
</Input>

<Output file>
    Module         om_file
    File           "/var/log/zmq-messages.log"
</Output>

<Route zmq_to_file>
    Path           zmq => file
</Route>