Re: [syslog-ng] Upgrade from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7: Gotchas?
Thanks, Bazsi! I was wondering if there is anything documented on the upgrade path, or if there is anything documented on the downgrade if the upgrade is not successful. I like to have documents to fall back on, when I try to do something for the first time. :o) Thanks!!! Chris Ivey Affiliated Computer Services Enterprise Management Integration Services Infrastructure Management Senior Analyst chris.ivey@acs-inc.com "I have not failed, I have simply found 10,000 ways which do not work!" -- Thomas Edison "When you find yourself in a hole, the best thing to do is stop digging!" -- Nick Stokes "I reject your reality, and substitute my own!" -- Adam Savage -----Original Message----- From: syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Balazs Scheidler Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:10 AM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Upgrade from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7: Gotchas? On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 08:03 -0600, Ivey, Chris wrote:
Folks, I need to upgrade my syslog-ng from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7 since we now are using devices with high resolution timestamps. As I inherited these machines, and had not worked with syslog-ng prior to getting them, I was wondering if anyone could let me know if there were any gotchas for the upgrade. Can I upgrade in place? Do I need to make backups of any files? Things of this nature. Thanks, all!
You can upgrade in place, the 2.0 version is upward compatible with 1.6.x, however as it is a complete rewrite, I'd suggest you to run the configuration file on a 2.0 first to see if it parses ok. Once the configuration file is processed by the new version then most probably it will work well. You can upgrade in place as if you encounter problems you can always go back to 1.6.x without pain. -- Bazsi _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html
Chris, You may want to look at your (existing) config file. If memory serves, there were some changes in the way syslog-ng parses "non-standard" facilities between 1.x and 2.x versions if I recall. This may not be something you even do, in which case - no issue. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivey, Chris" <Chris.ivey@acs-inc.com> Date: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:34 am Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Upgrade from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7: Gotchas? To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu>
Thanks, Bazsi! I was wondering if there is anything documented on the upgrade path, or if there is anything documented on the downgrade if the upgrade is not successful. I like to have documents to fall back on, when I try to do something for the first time. :o) Thanks!!!
Chris Ivey
Affiliated Computer Services Enterprise Management Integration Services Infrastructure Management Senior Analyst
chris.ivey@acs-inc.com
"I have not failed, I have simply found 10,000 ways which do not work!" -- Thomas Edison "When you find yourself in a hole, the best thing to do is stop digging!" -- Nick Stokes "I reject your reality, and substitute my own!" -- Adam Savage
-----Original Message----- From: syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Balazs ScheidlerSent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:10 AM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Upgrade from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7: Gotchas?
On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 08:03 -0600, Ivey, Chris wrote:
Folks, I need to upgrade my syslog-ng from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7 since we now are using devices with high resolution timestamps. As I inherited> these machines, and had not worked with syslog-ng prior to getting them, I was wondering if anyone could let me know if there were any gotchas for the upgrade. Can I upgrade in place? Do I need to make backups of any files? Things of this nature. Thanks, all!
You can upgrade in place, the 2.0 version is upward compatible with 1.6.x, however as it is a complete rewrite, I'd suggest you to run the configuration file on a 2.0 first to see if it parses ok.
Once the configuration file is processed by the new version then most probably it will work well.
You can upgrade in place as if you encounter problems you can always go back to 1.6.x without pain.
-- Bazsi
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