syslog: Added option to enable resolving DNS names

syslog/manifests/init.pp

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #       Group name which has permissions to read logs. Defaults to
 #       wheel or root depending on operating system.
 #
+#   $syslog_resolve_names:
+#       Resolve DNS names for remote messages if "true". Defaults to "false".
+#
 class syslog::common {
 
     if !$syslog_type {
@@ -36,6 +39,10 @@ class syslog::common {
         }
     }
 
+    if ! $syslog_resolve_names {
+        $syslog_resolve_names = "false"
+    }
+
     case $kernel {
         "linux": {
             file { "/etc/logrotate.d/syslog.all":
@@ -190,7 +197,7 @@ class syslog::client::rsyslog {
             mode    => "0555",
             owner   => "root",
             group   => "wheel",
-            source => "puppet:///modules/syslog/rsyslogd.rc",
+            content => template("syslog/rsyslogd.rc.erb"),
             backup  => ".orig",
             before  => Service["rsyslog"],
         }

syslog/templates/rsyslogd.rc.erb

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 daemon="/usr/local/sbin/rsyslogd"
+<% if @syslog_resolve_names == "true" -%>
+daemon_flags="-c 4 -i /var/run/syslog.pid"
+<% else -%>
 daemon_flags="-x -c 4 -i /var/run/syslog.pid"
+<% end -%>
 
 . /etc/rc.d/rc.subr