The Generic Log Adapter provides a framework that allows you to process application log files and transform their contents into the Common Base Event format which can then be used for logging, management, problem determination, and autonomic computing. You can extend this framework by creating custom components that are used in processing the application log files.
A Generic Log Adapter transform consists of a context and a sequence of components to process your log file. Components such as a sensor, extractor, parser, formatter and outputter are provided to allow you to customize the processing of your log file. If the components provided by the Generic Log Adapter do not match your requirements exactly, you can extend the Generic Log Adapter to meet your needs. Custom components can be created which can be included in a context. The custom component can be used in addition to components that exist, or can be used to replace existing components.
Follow these steps to extend the Generic Log Adapter:
Related concepts
Overview of the Hyades Generic Log Adapter
Common Base Event format specification
Related tasks
Configuring the plug-in manifest file
Creating a log parser
Creating a rules-based adapter
Related references
Adapter Configuration File structure
Adapter Configuration Editor
Regular expression grammar
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