[syslog-ng] MARK messages and filtering

19 Mar 2020

      Hi,

I have the following part of syslog configuration:

destination d_localfile_kernel {
    file("/var/log/kernel.log"
        flags(syslog-protocol)
    );
};
filter f_localfile_kernel_kern {
    facility(kern) and level(info .. emerg);
};
filter f_localfile_kernel {
    filter(f_localfile_kernel_kern); };
log {
    source(s_src);
    filter(f_localfile_kernel);
    destination(d_localfile_kernel);
    flags(flow-control);
};

And I see in my kernel.log file:

<46>1 2020-03-18T18:35:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="1"] --
MARK --

<46>1 2020-03-18T18:55:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="2"] --
MARK --

<46>1 2020-03-18T19:15:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="3"] --
MARK --

<46>1 2020-03-18T19:35:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="4"] --
MARK --

<46>1 2020-03-18T19:55:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="5"] --
MARK --

<46>1 2020-03-18T20:15:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="6"] --
MARK --

<46>1 2020-03-18T20:35:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="7"] --
MARK --

<46>1 2020-03-18T20:55:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="8"] --
MARK --

<46>1 2020-03-18T21:15:28+00:00 localhost - - - [meta sequenceId="9"] --
MARK --

I was not expecting to see syslog facility messages coming out, since I am
filtering by kernel facility.

Is this expected behavior?

Thanks & regards,

Alex

[syslog-ng] MARK messages and filtering

Alexandre Santos