[syslog-ng] Odd problem after upgrading from 2.1 to 3

Jerry Bell jerry at nrdx.com
Mon Jan 18 00:29:15 CET 2010


I knew it would be simple.  Thank you very much.
On 1/17/2010 4:03 PM, Siem Korteweg wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> from the admin manual:
>
> Message filtering, parsing, and rewriting is performed in the order that the
> operations appear in the log statement.
>
> So, change the order in your log-statements to:
>
> log { source(NET); filter(A); destination(A); };
>
> Also change your second filter statement to filter for host B.
>
> regards,
>
> Siem Korteweg
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu namens Jerry Bell
> Verzonden: zo 17-1-2010 15:26
> Aan: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu
> Onderwerp: [syslog-ng] Odd problem after upgrading from 2.1 to 3
>
> This config worked in syslog-ng 2.1
> source NET {udp(port(514)); tcp(port(5140) keep-alive(yes));};
>
> destination A { file("/var/log/A"); };
> destination B { file("/var/log/B"); };
>
> filter A { host ("A");};
> filter A { host ("A");};
>
> log { source(NET); destination(A); filter(A); };
> log { source(NET); destination(B); filter(B); };
>
> worked as expected that is log messages coming from host A went to
> /var/log/A file
> and log messages coming from host B went to /var/log/B.
> The two hostnames are resolved locally in /etc/hosts
>
> After upgrading to 3.0.x all the messages duplicated in both files so
> that messages coming from A are written in /var/log/A AND /var/log/B and
> vice-versa.  Any idea why it does not work in 3?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jerry
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