Add Feature: Allow 'execute program' (^) as a task in in rulesets

README.md

@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ Configures Rsyslog ruleset blocks in rainerscript. There are two elements in the
   * `lookup` - Sets a variable to the results of an rsyslog lookup.
   * `set` - Set an rsyslog variable
   * `call` - call a specific action.
+  * `exec` - execute the following system command
   * `expression_filter` - Filter based on one or more expressions.
   * `property_filter` - Filter based on one or more RsyslogD properties.
 * `stop` - a Boolean to set if the ruleset ends with a stop or not.
@@ -609,6 +610,7 @@ rsyslog::server::rulesets:
           expr: '$fromhost-ip'
       - call: 'action.parse.rawmsg'
       - call: 'action.parse.r_msg'
+      - exec: '/bin/echo'
     stop: true
 ```
 
@@ -641,6 +643,7 @@ ruleset (name="ruleset_eth0_514_tcp"
   set $.srv = lookup("srv-map", $fromhost-ip);
   call action.parse.rawmsg
   call action.parse.r_msg
+  ^/bin/echo
   stop
 }
 

templates/exec.epp

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<%- |
+String $value
+| -%>
+^<%= $value -%>

templates/tasks.epp

@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ $tasks
 <%= epp('rsyslog/action.epp', { 'action_name' => $cfgval['name'], 'type' => $cfgval['type'], 'facility' => $facility, 'config' => $cfgval['config'],}) %>
   <%-} elsif $config == 'stop' { -%>
 stop
-  <%}-%>
-<%-}-%>
+  <%} elsif $config == 'exec' { -%>
+<%= epp('rsyslog/exec.epp', { 'value' => $cfgval, }) %><%-%>
+  <%-}-%>
+<%-}-%>