[syslog-ng]Question about remote logging

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 05:59:12PM +0800, Michael Boman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am wondering if syslog-ng handles network interuptions.. Basicly if I
> have a syslog-ng installation in a remote office that logs to a central
> syslog-ng server at the main office, and for some reason the remote office
> disapears from the face of the earth (internet), does syslog-ng cache the
> syslog messages it recives so that when the internet connectivity appears
> again it will send the messages it recived during the down peroid?
> 
> What if syslog-ng dies for any reason (power failure etc..) during that
> period, does it store the logmessages it has in cache on disk so when
> it comes back up it can start feeding the main server with the logs?

syslog-ng has an in-memory queue for messages, the size of this queue can be
controlled with the log_fifo_size configuration option.

-- 
Bazsi
PGP info: KeyID 9AF8D0A9 Fingerprint CD27 CFB0 802C 0944 9CFD 804E C82C 8EB1