Firstly the "ip()" option of "tcp()" in a "source()" is not required, it is optional. It specifies the IP address which syslog-ng will listen on. If not provided, syslog-ng will listen on all interfaces. Seconly, you do not need a separate source for every client. You can use filter rules to match on the client's hostname if you need to. You might want to go through the administrator's guide, it is an extremely good documentation source with lots of examples. http://www.balabit.com/dl/guides/syslog-ng-ose-v3.1-guide-admin-en.pdf Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 11:28:25 PM From: Khaleelah Peerbocus <systems2@maccs.mu> To: 'Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list' <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> Subject: [syslog-ng] configuring different sources on the syslog-ng server
Hello
I would like to get some clarification on the source tag in both syslog client and server.
I have different clients hosting apache / weblogic
My Syslog-ng Server has ip 192.x.x.x
Apache (client) has ip 192.x.x.1
Weblogic (client) has ip 192.x.x.2
In all the clients syslog configuration files, i have added
destination apacheaccesslog {
tcp("192.x.x.x " port(3331));
};
destination weblogiclog {
tcp("192.x.x.x " port(3332));
};
My issue is in the syslog-ng server configuration file, if i add
source apache_access {tcp(ip(192.x.x.x) port(3331));
};
Should the ip be the server ip or the client ip (in this example, i have put the syslog-ng server ip). Does the port number differentiate the different sources we are receiving the log files ???
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