I'm trying to make a log analyser using perl. The analyser would run 24/7 in the background on an AIX server and read from pipes that syslog directs logs to (from the entire network). Basically:
logs from network ----> named pipe A --------> | perl daemon
----> named pipe B --------> | * reads pipes
----> named pipe c --------> | * decides what to do based on which pipe
So, for example, I want my daemon to be able to be configured to mail root@domain.com all logs that are written to named pipe C. For this, I'm assuming the daemon needs to have a hash (new to perl, but this seems like an appropriate data structure) that would be able to be changed on the fly and would tell it what to do with each pipe.
Is this possible? Or should I create a .conf file in /etc to hold the information. Something like this:
namedpipeA:'mail root@domain.com'
namedpipeB:save:'mail user@domain.com'
So getting anything from A will be mailed to root@domain.com and everything from B will be saved to a log file (like it is usually) AND it will be sent to user@domain.com
Seeing as this is my first time using Perl and my first time creating a daemon, is there anyway for me to make this while adhering to the KISS principal? Also, are there any conventions that I should stick to? If you could take into consideration my lack of knowledge when replying it would be most helpful.