Seriously, dont remove the mailing list from the recipients. Others may catch things I miss, or I might be gone for a while, but someone else is around. That filter you have only logs warning through emerg, while by default logger uses notice, which is below warning. -Patrick Sent: Mon Sep 19 2011 15:26:05 GMT-0600 (MST) From: rek2 <rek2gnulinux@gmail.com> To: Patrick H. <syslogng@feystorm.net> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Problem sending logs to central log server..

ops! I forgot to uncoment that as well sorry.. so basically do I have everything else ok? the thing is also that after I migrated to syslog-ng in the BSD things are not logging to their place in /var/log either Im getting most of the stuff on the /var/log/syslog even tho as you can see in my other emails the default config already define the destinations for auth etc...

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

Dont forget to leave the mailing list on the list of recips :-)

Anyway, its still commented out in your log {} block. If the log block has no source, it wont log anything.

log { # source(src_eventdb); filter(f_at_least_warn); # filter(f_syslog); destination(d_eventdb); };

-Patrick

Sent: Mon Sep 19 2011 14:43:08 GMT-0600 (MST)

From: rek2 <rek2gnulinux@gmail.com> <mailto:rek2gnulinux@gmail.com> To: Patrick H. <syslogng@feystorm.net> <mailto:syslogng@feystorm.net> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Problem sending logs to central log server..

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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 <mailto: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> <mailto:rek2gnulinux@gmail.com> To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> Subject: [syslog-ng] Problem sending logs to central log server..

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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 <http://mail.info> -/var/log/mail.info <http://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 <http://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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