Hello, When I try to use mongodb, I receive the following error message: Feb 2 15:33:54 linux-8k4b syslog-ng[9403]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.3.0alpha0' Feb 2 15:33:54 linux-8k4b syslog-ng[9403]: Error connecting to MongoDB; Feb 2 15:33:54 linux-8k4b syslog-ng[9403]: Error connecting to MongoDB; Feb 2 15:33:54 linux-8k4b syslog-ng[9403]: Network error while inserting into MongoDB; time_reopen='60' The relevant part of my syslog-ng.conf is (taken from an earlier e-mail on the list): destination d_mongodb { mongodb( host("localhost") port(27017) database("syslog-ng") collection("logs") keys("date", "facility", "level", "host", "program", "pid", "message") values("${R_YEAR}-${R_MONTH}-${R_DAY} ${R_HOUR}:${R_MIN}:${R_SEC}", "$FACILITY", "$LEVEL", "$HOST","$PROGRAM", "$PID", "$MSGONLY") ); }; log { source(s_local); destination(d_mongodb); }; Version (latest git) compiled on openSUSE factory: linux-8k4b:/usr/local/etc # /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng -V syslog-ng 3.3.0alpha0 Installer-Version: 3.3.0alpha0 Revision: Compile-Date: Feb 2 2011 14:27:08 Enable-Debug: off Enable-GProf: off Enable-Memtrace: off Enable-Sun-STREAMS: off Enable-IPv6: on Enable-Spoof-Source: on Enable-TCP-Wrapper: on Enable-SSL: on Enable-SQL: on Enable-Linux-Caps: off Enable-Pcre: on Enable-Pacct: off linux-8k4b:/usr/local/etc # Using tcpdump I can't even see a connection attempt. Connecton using mongodb tools work fine. linux-8k4b:/usr/local/etc # mongo --version MongoDB shell version: 1.6.6-pre- But as packets don't even reach the mongodb server, it's most likely not a relevant information... Bye, -- Peter Czanik (CzP) <czanik@balabit.hu> BalaBit IT Security / syslog-ng upstream http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/