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I'm been trying to figure this out for several days now.<br>
<br>
I have Centos 7 installed on two servers and I want to use syslog-ng to <br>
send logs between them securely using TLS.<br>
<br>
On both I installed syslog-ng 3.5 using this method: <br>
<a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/installing-latest-syslog-ng-on-rhel-and-other-rpm-distributions" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/installing-latest-syslog-ng-on-rhel-and-other-rpm-distributions</a><br>
<br>
I have been following these methods as a starting point to set up:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.nineproductions.com/syslog-ng-with-tls-setup-for-centralized-logging/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nineproductions.com/syslog-ng-with-tls-setup-for-centralized-logging/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.linux.com/blog/tls-encryption-and-mutual-authentication-using-syslog-ng-open-source-edition" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linux.com/blog/tls-encryption-and-mutual-authentication-using-syslog-ng-open-source-edition</a><br>
<a href="https://www.flyn.org/notes/logging/index.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.flyn.org/notes/logging/index.html</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On the receiving server, I have syslog-ng with the following config <br>
file:<br>
<br>
<br>
----------------------------------------------------------<br>
@version:3.5<br>
@include "scl.conf"<br>
<br>
# syslog-ng configuration file.<br>
#<br>
# This should behave pretty much like the original syslog on RedHat. But<br>
# it could be configured a lot smarter.<br>
#<br>
# See syslog-ng(8) and syslog-ng.conf(5) for more information.<br>
#<br>
# Note: it also sources additional configuration files (*.conf)<br>
# located in /etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/<br>
<br>
options {<br>
flush_lines (0);<br>
time_reopen (10);<br>
# log_fifo_size (1000);<br>
# chain_hostnames (off);<br>
use_dns (no);<br>
use_fqdn (no);<br>
create_dirs (1);<br>
keep_hostname (yes);<br>
};<br>
<br>
source s_sys {<br>
system();<br>
internal();<br>
# udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));<br>
};<br>
<br>
source s_net { tcp(ip(10.1.0.2) port(5441) tls( <br>
ca_dir("/etc/syslog-ng/ca.d") <br>
key_file("/etc/syslog-ng/newCA/serverkey.pem") <br>
cert_file("/etc/syslog-ng/newCA/servercert.pem") <br>
peer_verify(optional-untrusted)) ); };<br>
<br>
destination d_cons { file("/dev/console"); };<br>
destination d_mesg { file("/var/log/messages"); };<br>
destination d_auth { file("/var/log/secure"); };<br>
destination d_mail { file("/var/log/maillog" flush_lines(10)); };<br>
destination d_spol { file("/var/log/spooler"); };<br>
destination d_boot { file("/var/log/boot.log"); };<br>
destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); };<br>
destination d_kern { file("/var/log/kern"); };<br>
destination d_mlal { usertty("*"); };<br>
destination d_log { file("/opt/syslog/$YEAR$MONTH$DAY-logs.log" <br>
create_dirs(yes) dir_group(logstash) dir_owner(logstash) owner(logstash) <br>
group(logstash));};<br>
<br>
filter f_kernel { facility(kern); };<br>
filter f_default { level(info..emerg) and<br>
not (facility(mail)<br>
or facility(authpriv)<br>
or facility(cron)); };<br>
filter f_auth { facility(authpriv); };<br>
filter f_mail { facility(mail); };<br>
filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };<br>
filter f_news { facility(uucp) or<br>
(facility(news)<br>
and level(crit..emerg)); };<br>
filter f_boot { facility(local7); };<br>
filter f_cron { facility(cron); };<br>
<br>
#log { source(s_sys); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_cons); };<br>
log { source(s_sys); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_kern); };<br>
log { source(s_sys); filter(f_default); destination(d_mesg); };<br>
log { source(s_sys); filter(f_auth); destination(d_auth); };<br>
log { source(s_sys); filter(f_mail); destination(d_mail); };<br>
log { source(s_sys); filter(f_emergency); destination(d_mlal); };<br>
log { source(s_sys); filter(f_news); destination(d_spol); };<br>
log { source(s_sys); filter(f_boot); destination(d_boot); };<br>
log { source(s_sys); filter(f_cron); destination(d_cron); };<br>
<br>
log { source(s_net); destination(d_log); };<br>
<br>
# Source additional configuration files (.conf extension only)<br>
@include "/etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/*.conf"<br>
<br>
<br>
# vim:ft=syslog-ng:ai:si:ts=4:sw=4:et:<br>
<br>
------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br>
Here is my java verison:<br>
<br>
# java -version<br>
openjdk version "1.8.0_181"<br>
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_181-b13)<br>
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.181-b13, mixed mode)<br>
<br>
This is my OS version:<br>
<br>
# cat /etc/*release<br>
CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)<br>
NAME="CentOS Linux"<br>
VERSION="7 (Core)"<br>
ID="centos"<br>
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"<br>
VERSION_ID="7"<br>
PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 7 (Core)"<br>
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"<br>
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:7"<br>
HOME_URL="<a href="https://www.centos.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.centos.org/</a>"<br>
BUG_REPORT_URL="<a href="https://bugs.centos.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.centos.org/</a>"<br>
<br>
CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT="CentOS-7"<br>
CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="7"<br>
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="centos"<br>
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="7"<br>
<br>
CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)<br>
CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
If I try to start syslog-ng via systemctl, this is what happens:<br>
<br>
<br>
# systemctl start syslog-ng<br>
Job for syslog-ng.service failed because the control process exited with <br>
error code. See "systemctl status syslog-ng.service" and "journalctl <br>
-xe" for details.<br>
<br>
<br>
# systemctl status syslog-ng.service<br>
● syslog-ng.service - System Logger Daemon<br>
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service; enabled; <br>
vendor preset: enabled)<br>
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Fri 2018-10-12 11:57:09 <br>
EDT; 13s ago<br>
Docs: man:syslog-ng(8)<br>
Process: 5706 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F -p /var/run/syslogd.pid <br>
(code=exited, status=2)<br>
Main PID: 5706 (code=exited, status=2)<br>
Status: "Starting up... (Fri Oct 12 11:57:09 2018"<br>
<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service holdoff time <br>
over, scheduling restart.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: start request repeated too <br>
quickly for syslog-ng.service<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: start request repeated too <br>
quickly for syslog-ng.service<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
<br>
<br>
#journalctl -xe<br>
<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> polkitd[818]: Registered Authentication Agent <br>
for unix-process:5693:6083335 (system bus name :1.97 <br>
[/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 -<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Listening on Syslog Socket.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog.socket has finished start-up<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog.socket has finished starting up.<br>
--<br>
-- The start-up result is done.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting Syslog Socket.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog.socket has begun start-up<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog.socket has begun starting up.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting System Logger Daemon...<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has begun start-up<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has begun starting up.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service: main process <br>
exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has failed<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has failed.<br>
--<br>
-- The result is failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> polkitd[818]: Unregistered Authentication <br>
Agent for unix-process:5693:6083335 (system bus name :1.97, object path <br>
/org/freedesktop/Poli<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service holdoff time <br>
over, scheduling restart.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting System Logger Daemon...<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has begun start-up<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has begun starting up.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service: main process <br>
exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has failed<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has failed.<br>
--<br>
-- The result is failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd-journal[494]: Forwarding to syslog <br>
missed 3 messages.<br>
-- Subject: One or more messages could not be forwarded to syslog<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- One or more messages could not be forwarded to the syslog service<br>
-- running side-by-side with journald. This usually indicates that the<br>
-- syslog implementation has not been able to keep up with the speed of<br>
-- messages queued.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service holdoff time <br>
over, scheduling restart.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting System Logger Daemon...<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has begun start-up<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has begun starting up.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service: main process <br>
exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has failed<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has failed.<br>
--<br>
-- The result is failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:08 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service holdoff time <br>
over, scheduling restart.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting System Logger Daemon...<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has begun start-up<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has begun starting up.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service: main process <br>
exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has failed<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has failed.<br>
--<br>
-- The result is failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service holdoff time <br>
over, scheduling restart.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting System Logger Daemon...<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has begun start-up<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has begun starting up.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service: main process <br>
exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has failed<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has failed.<br>
--<br>
-- The result is failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service holdoff time <br>
over, scheduling restart.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: start request repeated too <br>
quickly for syslog-ng.service<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has failed<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has failed.<br>
--<br>
-- The result is failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: start request repeated too <br>
quickly for syslog-ng.service<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
-- Subject: Unit syslog-ng.service has failed<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- Unit syslog-ng.service has failed.<br>
--<br>
-- The result is failed.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog.socket entered failed <br>
state.<br>
Oct 12 11:57:09 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
But if I start with the command line:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
# /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -Fedv -p /var/run/syslogd.pid<br>
Starting to read include file; filename='/etc/syslog-ng/scl.conf', <br>
depth='1'<br>
Global value changed; define='scl-root', <br>
value='/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl'<br>
Global value changed; define='include-path', <br>
value='/etc/syslog-ng:/usr/share/syslog-ng/include'<br>
Starting to read include file; <br>
filename='/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/system/plugin.conf', <br>
depth='2'<br>
Module loaded and initialized successfully; module='system-source'<br>
Finishing include; <br>
filename='/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/system/plugin.conf', <br>
depth='2'<br>
Starting to read include file; <br>
filename='/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/pacct/plugin.conf', depth='2'<br>
Reading path for candidate modules; path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='affile.so', module='affile'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='affile', context='source', <br>
name='file', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='affile', context='source', <br>
name='pipe', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='affile', context='destination', <br>
name='file', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='affile', context='destination', <br>
name='pipe', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='afprog.so', module='afprog'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afprog', context='source', <br>
name='program', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afprog', context='destination', <br>
name='program', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='afsocket-notls.so', <br>
module='afsocket-notls'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', context='source', <br>
name='unix-stream', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', <br>
context='destination', name='unix-stream', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', context='source', <br>
name='unix-dgram', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', <br>
context='destination', name='unix-dgram', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', context='source', <br>
name='tcp', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', <br>
context='destination', name='tcp', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', context='source', <br>
name='tcp6', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', <br>
context='destination', name='tcp6', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', context='source', <br>
name='udp', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', <br>
context='destination', name='udp', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', context='source', <br>
name='udp6', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', <br>
context='destination', name='udp6', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', context='source', <br>
name='syslog', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', <br>
context='destination', name='syslog', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', context='source', <br>
name='network', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-notls', <br>
context='destination', name='network', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='afsocket-tls.so', <br>
module='afsocket-tls'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', context='source', <br>
name='unix-stream', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', <br>
context='destination', name='unix-stream', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', context='source', <br>
name='unix-dgram', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', <br>
context='destination', name='unix-dgram', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', context='source', <br>
name='tcp', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', <br>
context='destination', name='tcp', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', context='source', <br>
name='tcp6', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', <br>
context='destination', name='tcp6', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', context='source', <br>
name='udp', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', <br>
context='destination', name='udp', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', context='source', <br>
name='udp6', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', <br>
context='destination', name='udp6', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', context='source', <br>
name='syslog', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', <br>
context='destination', name='syslog', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', context='source', <br>
name='network', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket-tls', <br>
context='destination', name='network', preference='100'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='afsocket.so', module='afsocket'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='source', <br>
name='unix-stream', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='destination', <br>
name='unix-stream', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='source', <br>
name='unix-dgram', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='destination', <br>
name='unix-dgram', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='source', <br>
name='tcp', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='destination', <br>
name='tcp', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='source', <br>
name='tcp6', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='destination', <br>
name='tcp6', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='source', <br>
name='udp', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='destination', <br>
name='udp', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='source', <br>
name='udp6', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='destination', <br>
name='udp6', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='source', <br>
name='syslog', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='destination', <br>
name='syslog', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='source', <br>
name='network', preference='100'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afsocket', context='destination', <br>
name='network', preference='100'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='afstomp.so', module='afstomp'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afstomp', context='destination', <br>
name='stomp', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='afuser.so', module='afuser'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='afuser', context='destination', <br>
name='usertty', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='basicfuncs.so', module='basicfuncs'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='grep', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='if', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='echo', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='length', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='substr', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='strip', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='sanitize', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='lowercase', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='uppercase', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='replace-delimiter', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='+', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='-', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='*', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='/', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='%', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='ipv4-to-int', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='indent-multi-line', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='context-length', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='basicfuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='env', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='confgen.so', module='confgen'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='cryptofuncs.so', <br>
module='cryptofuncs'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='cryptofuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='uuid', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='cryptofuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='hash', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='cryptofuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='sha1', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='cryptofuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='sha256', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='cryptofuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='sha512', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='cryptofuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='md4', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='cryptofuncs', <br>
context='template-func', name='md5', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='csvparser.so', module='csvparser'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='csvparser', context='parser', <br>
name='csv-parser', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='dbparser.so', module='dbparser'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='dbparser', context='parser', <br>
name='db-parser', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='linux-kmsg-format.so', <br>
module='linux-kmsg-format'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='linux-kmsg-format', <br>
context='format', name='linux-kmsg', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='syslogformat.so', <br>
module='syslogformat'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='syslogformat', context='format', <br>
name='syslog', preference='0'<br>
Registering candidate plugin; module='syslogformat', context='parser', <br>
name='syslog-parser', preference='0'<br>
Reading shared object for a candidate module; <br>
path='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng', fname='system-source.so', <br>
module='system-source'<br>
Finishing include; <br>
filename='/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/pacct/plugin.conf', depth='2'<br>
Starting to read include file; <br>
filename='/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/syslogconf/plugin.conf', <br>
depth='2'<br>
Module loaded and initialized successfully; module='confgen'<br>
Finishing include; <br>
filename='/usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/syslogconf/plugin.conf', <br>
depth='2'<br>
Finishing include; filename='/etc/syslog-ng/scl.conf', depth='1'<br>
Module loaded and initialized successfully; module='afsocket-tls'<br>
Module loaded and initialized successfully; module='affile'<br>
Finishing include; content='source confgen system', depth='1'<br>
Module loaded and initialized successfully; module='afuser'<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling s_sys reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling s_sys sequence [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:2]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:2]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at [#buffer:1:1]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at [#buffer:2:1]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:2]<br>
Compiling f_kernel reference [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling f_kernel sequence [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling d_kern reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling d_kern sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_sys reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_default reference [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_default sequence [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling d_mesg reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling d_mesg sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_sys reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_auth reference [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_auth sequence [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling d_auth reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling d_auth sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_sys reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_mail reference [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_mail sequence [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling d_mail reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling d_mail sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_sys reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_emergency reference [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_emergency sequence [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling d_mlal reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling d_mlal sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_sys reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_news reference [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_news sequence [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling d_spol reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling d_spol sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_sys reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_boot reference [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_boot sequence [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling d_boot reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling d_boot sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_sys reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_cron reference [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling f_cron sequence [filter] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:5]<br>
Compiling d_cron reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling d_cron sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed sequence [log] at [/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_net reference [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling s_net sequence [source] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:3]<br>
Compiling d_log reference [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:6]<br>
Compiling d_log sequence [destination] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed junction [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Compiling #unnamed single [log] at <br>
[/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:4]<br>
Module loaded and initialized successfully; module='syslogformat'<br>
Module loaded and initialized successfully; module='linux-kmsg-format'<br>
Running application hooks; hook='1'<br>
Running application hooks; hook='3'<br>
syslog-ng starting up; version='3.5.6'<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
If I comment out this line from syslog-ng.conf:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
# log { source(s_net); destination(d_log); };<br>
<br>
Then restart syslog-ng (I know, I should use restart...)<br>
<br>
# systemctl start syslog-ng<br>
<br>
Starts no problem.<br>
<br>
<br>
# systemctl status syslog-ng.service<br>
● syslog-ng.service - System Logger Daemon<br>
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service; enabled; <br>
vendor preset: enabled)<br>
Active: active (running) since Fri 2018-10-12 12:00:47 EDT; 38s ago<br>
Docs: man:syslog-ng(8)<br>
Main PID: 5727 (syslog-ng)<br>
CGroup: /system.slice/syslog-ng.service<br>
└─5727 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F -p /var/run/syslogd.pid<br>
<br>
Oct 12 12:00:47 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting System Logger Daemon...<br>
Oct 12 12:00:47 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Started System Logger Daemon.<br>
<br>
<br>
It just won't stop (I guess by design)<br>
<br>
# systemctl stop syslog-ng<br>
Warning: Stopping syslog-ng.service, but it can still be activated by:<br>
syslog.socket<br>
# systemctl status syslog-ng.service<br>
● syslog-ng.service - System Logger Daemon<br>
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service; enabled; <br>
vendor preset: enabled)<br>
Active: active (running) since Fri 2018-10-12 12:01:55 EDT; 1s ago<br>
Docs: man:syslog-ng(8)<br>
Main PID: 5755 (syslog-ng)<br>
CGroup: /system.slice/syslog-ng.service<br>
└─5755 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F -p /var/run/syslogd.pid<br>
<br>
Oct 12 12:01:55 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting System Logger Daemon...<br>
Oct 12 12:01:55 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Started System Logger Daemon.<br>
<br>
<br>
But if I uncomment that line and restart:<br>
<br>
<br>
# systemctl restart syslog-ng<br>
Job for syslog-ng.service failed because the control process exited with <br>
error code. See "systemctl status syslog-ng.service" and "journalctl <br>
-xe" for details.<br>
# service syslog-ng status<br>
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status syslog-ng.service<br>
● syslog-ng.service - System Logger Daemon<br>
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service; enabled; <br>
vendor preset: enabled)<br>
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Fri 2018-10-12 12:04:18 <br>
EDT; 2s ago<br>
Docs: man:syslog-ng(8)<br>
Process: 5811 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F -p /var/run/syslogd.pid <br>
(code=exited, status=2)<br>
Main PID: 5811 (code=exited, status=2)<br>
Status: "Starting up... (Fri Oct 12 12:04:18 2018"<br>
<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service holdoff time <br>
over, scheduling restart.<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: start request repeated too <br>
quickly for syslog-ng.service<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: start request repeated too <br>
quickly for syslog-ng.service<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logger <br>
Daemon.<br>
Oct 12 12:04:18 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
<br>
<br>
It won't work.<br>
<br>
If I change syslog-ng.conf to a specific IP in the source I get nearly <br>
the same results.<br>
<br>
<br>
One note: Occasionally, in the journalctl -xe, I get the following:<br>
<br>
Oct 12 12:08:55 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Unit syslog-ng.service entered <br>
failed state.<br>
Oct 12 12:08:55 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: syslog-ng.service failed.<br>
Oct 12 12:08:55 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd-journal[494]: Forwarding to syslog <br>
missed 3 messages.<br>
-- Subject: One or more messages could not be forwarded to syslog<br>
-- Defined-By: systemd<br>
-- Support: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel</a><br>
--<br>
-- One or more messages could not be forwarded to the syslog service<br>
-- running side-by-side with journald. This usually indicates that the<br>
-- syslog implementation has not been able to keep up with the speed of<br>
-- messages queued.<br>
<br>
<br>
But that doesn't show up all the time.<br>
<br>
As far as options, it doesn't look like<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58296" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58296</a><br>
<a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/troubleshooting-java-support-syslog-ng" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/troubleshooting-java-support-syslog-ng</a><br>
<br>
rsyslog is disabled<br>
<br>
# systemctl status rsyslog<br>
● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service<br>
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; disabled; <br>
vendor preset: enabled)<br>
Active: inactive (dead)<br>
<br>
Oct 11 19:03:17 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Starting System Logging <br>
Service...<br>
Oct 11 19:03:17 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Started System Logging Service.<br>
Oct 11 20:52:56 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Stopping System Logging <br>
Service...<br>
Oct 11 20:52:56 <a href="http://logger.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">logger.com</a> systemd[1]: Stopped System Logging Service.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=57379" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=57379</a><br>
<br>
Nothing seems to be blocking access to the log directory:<br>
<br>
# lsof /dev/log<br>
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME<br>
systemd 1 root 42u unix 0xffff8800368952c0 0t0 9277 /dev/log<br>
systemd-j 494 root 5u unix 0xffff8800368952c0 0t0 9277 /dev/log<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin/comments/5ezj5c/syslogng_service_doesnt_start_with_boot_but/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin/comments/5ezj5c/syslogng_service_doesnt_start_with_boot_but/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
I've also looked at<br>
<a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/202044/syslog-ng-service-not-starting-with-systemd-but-command-works-fine" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/202044/syslog-ng-service-not-starting-with-systemd-but-command-works-fine</a><br>
<br>
and<br>
<br>
<a href="https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2017-September/024024.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2017-September/024024.html</a><br>
<br>
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