Compared to binary logspaces (LogStore files), plain text logspaces have the following limitations.
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Plain text logspaces are not indexed, and you cannot browse or search them on the syslog-ng Store Box (SSB) search interface.
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You cannot create remote, filtered, or multiple logspaces using text logspaces.
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You cannot access text logspaces using the SSB RPC API.
Use text logspaces only if you want to access them as a shared file from an external application. For details, see Accessing log files across the network.
You can also configure SSB to store the messages in a plain text logspace (so you can share it) and in a LogStore file at the same time, so you can access them from the SSB search interface. To accomplish this, configure a log path that has two destinations (one plain text, one LogStore), and disable the Log > Paths > Final option for the first path.