Rsyslog altering the syslogtag field in the forwarded logs

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Logs sent with larger %syslogtag% are trimmed at Remote Rsyslog server side.
  • syslogtag field at the received logs getting altered.
  • syslogtag field getting trimmed by 32 characters.
  • syslogtag of the logs received at server and sent from client are not same.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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