[syslog-ng] Hosts Logging Into Multiple Destinations (files) Bad Filter???

[Evan Rempel]

You have hostname chaining enabled. In this case, the $FULLHOST macro expands to $HOST/$HOST for most
directly logging hosts (no other relay syslogs).

Try using a $FULLHOST_FROM or $HOST

Evan Rempel

wiskbroom at hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> I thought that I had all of my hosts setup to log into /var/log/ABCcorp/$FULLHOST/$FULLHOST.log by default if not already defined by another filter, but I am seeing that they log to multiple destinations instead.
> 
> For instance, I have a host named linksys-1000, logs for this host get sent into:
> 
> /var/log/ABCcorp/accesspoints/linksys-1000/linksys-1000.log
> 
> as well as 
> 
> /var/log/ABCcorp/linksys-1000/linksys-1000.log
> 
> Also, I do not understand how /var/log/ABCcorp/$FULLHOST/$FULLHOST.log gets created and used in the first place, there is no filter setup like this.
> 
> 
> Thanks all,
> 
> .vp
> 
> 
> Here is a sample of my config file:
> 
> ###########
> # Destinations #
> ##########
> 
> destination D_switch       { file("/var/log/ABCcorp/switches/$FULLHOST.log"
>                              perm(0644)); };
> destination D_edge         { file("/var/log/ABCcorp/edge_devices/$FULLHOST.log"                        perm(0644)); };
> destination D_firewall     { file("/var/log/ABCcorp/firewalls/$FULLHOST.log"                           perm(0644)); };
> destination D_router       { file("/var/log/ABCcorp/routers/$FULLHOST.log"
>                              perm(0644)); };
> destination D_accesspoints { file("/var/log/ABCcorp/accesspoints/$FULLHOST.log"
>                              perm(0644)); };
> destination D_udp          { file("/var/log/ABCcorp/$FULLHOST.log"
>                              perm(0644)); };
> 
> destination D_hosts          { file("/var/log/ABCcorp/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/$DAY/$FACILITY_$HOST_$YEAR_$MONTH_$DAY"
>                              owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)); };
> 
> #######
> # Filters #
> #######
> 
> destination D_db_discard     { file("/var/log/discard.log"); };
> 
> 
> destination D_db_mysql {
>         pipe("/var/log/mysql.pipe"
>                 template("INSERT INTO logs
>                 (host, facility, priority, level, tag, datetime, program, msg)
>                 VALUES ( '$HOST', '$FACILITY', '$PRIORITY', '$LEVEL', '$TAG', '$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC',
>                 '$PROGRAM', '$MSG' );\n") template-escape(yes));
> 
> 
> filter F_edge        { host("edge*") or host("192.116.*"); };
> filter F_router      { host("gw*") or host("rtr") or host("router"); };
> filter F_switch      { host("sw*") or host("sw1") or host("sw2"); };
> filter F_firewall    { host("^fw*"); };
> filter F_accesspoints { host("^linksys*"); };
> filter F_InternetIP  { host("192.116.19.*"); };
> 
> #######
> #  Logs   #
> #######
> 
> log { source(S_udp); filter(F_switch); destination(D_switch); };
> log { source(S_udp); filter(F_router); destination(D_router); };
> log { source(S_udp); filter(F_edge); destination(D_edge); };
> log { source(S_udp); filter(F_firewall); destination(D_firewall); };
> log { source(S_udp); filter(F_accesspoints); destination(D_accesspoints); };
> 
> 
> log { source(S_udp); destination(D_udp);};
> log { source(S_udp); destination(D_db_mysql); };
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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