An element containing the patterns of the rule. If a *\<patterns\>* element contains multiple *\<pattern\>* elements, the class of the *\<rule\>* is assigned to every syslog message matching any of the patterns.

Location

/ patterndb / ruleset / rules / rule / patterns

Attributes

N/A

Children

  • pattern: A pattern describing a log message. This element is also called message pattern. For example:

      <pattern>+ ??? root-</pattern>

    NOTE: Support for XML entities is limited, you can use only the following entities: & < > " '. User-defined entities are not supported.

  • description: OPTIONAL — A description of the pattern or the log message matching the pattern.

  • urls

  • values

  • examples

Example

<patterns>
    <pattern>Accepted @QSTRING:SSH.AUTH_METHOD: @ for@QSTRING:SSH_USERNAME: @from\ @QSTRING:SSH_CLIENT_ADDRESS: @port @NUMBER:SSH_PORT_NUMBER:@ ssh2</pattern>
</patterns>

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