Hi Patrick, thanks for your reply, yes you right sorry I did the copy and paste before I uncomented some lines since Im testing here and there..

this is how I have it now.. the last part:

 #syslog-ng2mysql destinations

source src_eventdb {

    unix-stream("/dev/log");

    udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));

};

destination d_eventdb {

    pipe(

        "/usr/local/icinga/var/rw/syslog-ng.pipe",

        template("$HOST\t$SOURCEIP\t$PRI\t$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY\t$HOUR:$MIN:$SEC\t$PROGRAM\t$MSG\n")

        template_escape(no)

    );

};

filter f_at_least_warn {

#    level(warn..emerg);

#     level(notice..emerg);

     level(info, notice, warn, crit, err, debug);

};

log {

#    source(src_eventdb);

    filter(f_at_least_warn);

#     filter(f_syslog);

    destination(d_eventdb);

};

#log {

#        source(src_eventdb);

#        filter(f_auth);

#        destination(d_eventdb);

#};

2011/9/19 Patrick H. <syslogng@feystorm.net>

In your server config, the only listener you have on udp port 514 is defined in src_eventdb, and all src_eventdb entries are commented out.

-Patrick


Sent: Mon Sep 19 2011 11:40:15 GMT-0600 (MST)
From: rek2 <rek2gnulinux@gmail.com>
To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu
Subject: [syslog-ng] Problem sending logs to central log server..

Hello, I'm trying to sent all my logs from one openbsd server with syslog-ng to a linux ubuntu central log server also with syslog-ng of course but only the syslog-ng logs are been logged..

also when I do a "logger test" for example it gets log locally but not remotely to the log server...

here are my configs:

for the log server is basically the defaul of ubuntu with my addtions at the end.. you will see

some commented is me trying to fix this issue.

cat syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf 

#

# Configuration file for syslog-ng under Debian

#

# attempts at reproducing default syslog behavior

# the standard syslog levels are (in descending order of priority):

# emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug

# the aliases "error", "panic", and "warn" are deprecated

# the "none" priority found in the original syslogd configuration is

# only used in internal messages created by syslogd

######

# options

options {

        # disable the chained hostname format in logs

        # (default is enabled)

        chain_hostnames(0);

        # the time to wait before a died connection is re-established

        # (default is 60)

        time_reopen(10);

        # the time to wait before an idle destination file is closed

        # (default is 60)

        time_reap(360);

        # the number of lines buffered before written to file

        # you might want to increase this if your disk isn't catching with

        # all the log messages you get or if you want less disk activity

        # (say on a laptop)

        # (default is 0)

        #sync(0);

        # the number of lines fitting in the output queue

        log_fifo_size(2048);

        # enable or disable directory creation for destination files

        create_dirs(yes);

        # default owner, group, and permissions for log files

        # (defaults are 0, 0, 0600)

        #owner(root);

        group(adm);

        perm(0640);

        # default owner, group, and permissions for created directories

        # (defaults are 0, 0, 0700)

        #dir_owner(root);

        #dir_group(root);

        dir_perm(0755);

        # enable or disable DNS usage

        # syslog-ng blocks on DNS queries, so enabling DNS may lead to

        # a Denial of Service attack

        # (default is yes)

        use_dns(yes);

        # maximum length of message in bytes

        # this is only limited by the program listening on the /dev/log Unix

        # socket, glibc can handle arbitrary length log messages, but -- for

        # example -- syslogd accepts only 1024 bytes

        # (default is 2048)

        #log_msg_size(2048);

        #Disable statistic log messages.

        stats_freq(0);

        # Some program send log messages through a private implementation.

        # and sometimes that implementation is bad. If this happen syslog-ng

        # may recognise the program name as hostname. Whit this option

        # we tell the syslog-ng that if a hostname match this regexp than that

        # is not a real hostname.

        bad_hostname("^gconfd$");

        keep_hostname (yes);

};

######

# sources

# all known message sources

source s_all {

        # message generated by Syslog-NG

        internal();

        # standard Linux log source (this is the default place for the syslog()

        # function to send logs to)

        unix-stream("/dev/log");

        # messages from the kernel

        file("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: "));

        # use the following line if you want to receive remote UDP logging messages

        # (this is equivalent to the "-r" syslogd flag)

        # udp();

};

######

# destinations

# some standard log files

destination df_auth { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };

destination df_syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); };

destination df_cron { file("/var/log/cron.log"); };

destination df_daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };

destination df_kern { file("/var/log/kern.log"); };

destination df_lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };

destination df_mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };

destination df_user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };

destination df_uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };

# these files are meant for the mail system log files

# and provide re-usable destinations for {mail,cron,...}.info,

# {mail,cron,...}.notice, etc.

destination df_facility_dot_info { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.info"); };

destination df_facility_dot_notice { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.notice"); };

destination df_facility_dot_warn { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.warn"); };

destination df_facility_dot_err { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.err"); };

destination df_facility_dot_crit { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.crit"); };

# these files are meant for the news system, and are kept separated

# because they should be owned by "news" instead of "root"

destination df_news_dot_notice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice" owner("news")); };

destination df_news_dot_err { file("/var/log/news/news.err" owner("news")); };

destination df_news_dot_crit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit" owner("news")); };

# some more classical and useful files found in standard syslog configurations

destination df_debug { file("/var/log/debug"); };

destination df_messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };

# pipes

# a console to view log messages under X

destination dp_xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole"); };

# consoles

# this will send messages to everyone logged in

destination du_all { usertty("*"); };

######

# filters

# all messages from the auth and authpriv facilities

filter f_auth { facility(auth, authpriv); };

# all messages except from the auth and authpriv facilities

filter f_syslog { not facility(auth, authpriv); };

# respectively: messages from the cron, daemon, kern, lpr, mail, news, user,

# and uucp facilities

filter f_cron { facility(cron); };

filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };

filter f_kern { facility(kern); };

filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };

filter f_mail { facility(mail); };

filter f_news { facility(news); };

filter f_user { facility(user); };

filter f_uucp { facility(uucp); };

# some filters to select messages of priority greater or equal to info, warn,

# and err

# (equivalents of syslogd's *.info, *.warn, and *.err)

filter f_at_least_info { level(info..emerg); };

filter f_at_least_notice { level(notice..emerg); };

filter f_at_least_warn { level(warn..emerg); };

filter f_at_least_err { level(err..emerg); };

filter f_at_least_crit { level(crit..emerg); };

# all messages of priority debug not coming from the auth, authpriv, news, and

# mail facilities

filter f_debug { level(debug) and not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };

# all messages of info, notice, or warn priority not coming form the auth,

# authpriv, cron, daemon, mail, and news facilities

filter f_messages {

        level(info,notice,warn)

            and not facility(auth,authpriv,cron,daemon,mail,news);

};

# messages with priority emerg

filter f_emerg { level(emerg); };

# complex filter for messages usually sent to the xconsole

filter f_xconsole {

    facility(daemon,mail)

        or level(debug,info,notice,warn)

        or (facility(news)

                and level(crit,err,notice));

};

######

# logs

# order matters if you use "flags(final);" to mark the end of processing in a

# "log" statement

# these rules provide the same behavior as the commented original syslogd rules

# auth,authpriv.*                 /var/log/auth.log

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_auth);

        destination(df_auth);

};

# *.*;auth,authpriv.none          -/var/log/syslog

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_syslog);

        destination(df_syslog);

};

# this is commented out in the default syslog.conf

# cron.*                         /var/log/cron.log

#log {

#        source(s_all);

#        filter(f_cron);

#        destination(df_cron);

#};

# daemon.*                        -/var/log/daemon.log

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_daemon);

        destination(df_daemon);

};

# kern.*                          -/var/log/kern.log

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_kern);

        destination(df_kern);

};

# lpr.*                           -/var/log/lpr.log

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_lpr);

        destination(df_lpr);

};

# mail.*                          -/var/log/mail.log

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_mail);

        destination(df_mail);

};

# user.*                          -/var/log/user.log

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_user);

        destination(df_user);

};

# uucp.*                          /var/log/uucp.log

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_uucp);

        destination(df_uucp);

};

# mail.info                       -/var/log/mail.info

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_mail);

        filter(f_at_least_info);

        destination(df_facility_dot_info);

};

# mail.warn                       -/var/log/mail.warn

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_mail);

        filter(f_at_least_warn);

        destination(df_facility_dot_warn);

};

# mail.err                        /var/log/mail.err

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_mail);

        filter(f_at_least_err);

        destination(df_facility_dot_err);

};

# news.crit                       /var/log/news/news.crit

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_news);

        filter(f_at_least_crit);

        destination(df_news_dot_crit);

};

# news.err                        /var/log/news/news.err

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_news);

        filter(f_at_least_err);

        destination(df_news_dot_err);

};

# news.notice                     /var/log/news/news.notice

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_news);

        filter(f_at_least_notice);

        destination(df_news_dot_notice);

};

# *.=debug;\

#         auth,authpriv.none;\

#         news.none;mail.none     -/var/log/debug

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_debug);

        destination(df_debug);

};

# *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\

#         auth,authpriv.none;\

#         cron,daemon.none;\

#         mail,news.none          -/var/log/messages

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_messages);

        destination(d_eventdb);

};

# *.emerg                         *

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_emerg);

        destination(du_all);

};

# daemon.*;mail.*;\

#         news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\

#         *.=debug;*.=info;\

#         *.=notice;*.=warn       |/dev/xconsole

log {

        source(s_all);

        filter(f_xconsole);

        destination(dp_xconsole);

};

#syslog-ng2mysql destinations

source src_eventdb { 

    unix-stream("/dev/log");

    udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); 

};

destination d_eventdb {

    pipe(

        "/usr/local/icinga/var/rw/syslog-ng.pipe",

        template("$HOST\t$SOURCEIP\t$PRI\t$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY\t$HOUR:$MIN:$SEC\t$PROGRAM\t$MSG\n")

        template_escape(no)

    );

};

filter f_at_least_warn { 

#    level(warn..emerg);

     level(notice..emerg);

};

log {

#    source(src_eventdb);

    filter(f_at_least_warn);

#     filter(f_syslog);

    destination(d_eventdb);

};

#log {

#        source(src_eventdb);

#        filter(f_auth);

#        destination(d_eventdb);

#};

HERE FOR THE BSD/CLIENT SIDE: same here is the default with openbsd syslog-ng install

with my additions at the end.

cat /etc/syslog-ng.conf                                                                                                                                                                    

#

# Syslog-ng example configuration for for Debian GNU/Linux

#

# Copyright (c) 1999 anonymous

# Copyright (c) 1999 Balazs Scheidler

# $Id: syslog-ng.conf.sample,v 1.3 2003/05/20 08:57:27 asd Exp $

#

# Syslog-ng configuration file, compatible with default Debian syslogd

# installation. 

#

options { long_hostnames(off); sync(0); keep_hostname(yes); use_dns(yes); stats (3600); };

#source src { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); };

source src { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal(); };

source net { udp(); };

destination authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };

destination syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); };

destination cron { file("/var/log/cron.log"); };

destination daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };

destination kern { file("/var/log/kern.log"); };

destination lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };

destination user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };

destination uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };

destination ppp { file("/var/log/ppp.log"); };

destination mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };

destination mailinfo { file("/var/log/mail.info"); };

destination mailwarn { file("/var/log/mail.warn"); };

destination mailerr { file("/var/log/mail.err"); };

destination newscrit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit"); };

destination newserr { file("/var/log/news/news.err"); };

destination newsnotice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice"); };

destination debug { file("/var/log/debug"); };

destination messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };

destination console { usertty("root"); };

destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };

#destination loghost { udp("loghost" port(999)); };

destination xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole"); };

#ssh filter

filter f_sshderr    { match('^sshd\[[0-9]+\]: error:'); };

filter f_sshd       { match('^sshd\[[0-9]+\]:'); };

#

filter f_auth { facility(auth); };

filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };

filter f_syslog { not facility(authpriv, mail); };

filter f_cron { facility(cron); };

filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };

filter f_kern { facility(kern); };

filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };

filter f_mail { facility(mail); };

filter f_user { facility(user); };

filter f_uucp { facility(cron); };

filter f_ppp { facility(local2); };

filter f_news { facility(news); };

filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };

filter f_messages { level(info..warn) 

        and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news); };

filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };

filter f_info { level(info); };

filter f_notice { level(notice); };

filter f_warn { level(warn); };

filter f_crit { level(crit); };

filter f_err { level(err); };

log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(authlog); };

log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(syslog); };

log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(cron); };

log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(daemon); };

log { source(src); filter(f_kern); destination(kern); };

log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(lpr); };

log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(mail); };

log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(user); };

log { source(src); filter(f_uucp); destination(uucp); };

log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_info); destination(mailinfo); };

log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_warn); destination(mailwarn); };

log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_err); destination(mailerr); };

log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_crit); destination(newscrit); };

log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_err); destination(newserr); };

log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_notice); destination(newsnotice); };

log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(debug); };

log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(messages); };

log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); };

log { source(src); filter(f_ppp); destination(ppp); };

log { source(src); destination(console_all); };

#sent to our central log server running eventdb 

destination loghost { udp("192.168.xxx.xxx" port(514)); };

log { source(src); filter(f_info); destination(loghost); };

log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(loghost); };

log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(loghost); };

log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(loghost); };

log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(loghost); };

log { source(src); filter(f_sshd); destination(loghost); };

log { source(src); filter(f_sshderr); destination(loghost); };

log { source(src); filter(f_kern); destination(loghost); };

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