[syslog-ng]Apache to syslog-ng

[Jason Stafford]

This method of getting the logs out of apache is much faster than using
logger, while this was not the problem causing syslog to hang I really
appreciate your reply. My system is running much faster now.

Thanks,

Jason


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Johnson" <davejjohnson@gmail.com>
To: <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng]Apache to syslog-ng


> Jason--
> 1] man mkfifo
> 2] mkfifo /var/log/apache.pipe
> 3] chmod/chown /var/log/apache.pipe
> 4] setup httpd.conf to log to /var/log/apache.pipe
> 5] setup source in syslog-ng:
> source apache {
>         pipe ("/var/log/apache.pipe");
> }
>
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:55:28 -0600, Jason Stafford <jason@dpcomm.net>
wrote:
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > Would someone please shed some light on the correct way to get logs out
of
> > apache and into syslog-ng without causing the apache to crash? I'm
currently
> > using custom log and sending that via a pipe to logger. Howerver for
some
> > reason apache will just stop responding and stop handling requests.  To
fix
> > this i just restart syslog-ng and it starts working. I posted earlier
with
> > my config and someone recommend that i send it all via udp to a central
> > server cause this might be related to the pipe. I have since done this
and i
> > did not fix the problem. What i really need is a way to get the logs out
of
> > apache wihtout using logger?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason
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