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

[wiskbroom at hotmail.com]

Yikes, spoke too soon, apparently I do not have hostname chaining enabled.

options
  {
    chain_hostnames(no);
    create_dirs (yes);
    dir_perm(0755);
    use_dns (yes);
    dns_cache(yes);
    dns_cache_size(1000);
    dns_cache_expire(604800);
    keep_hostname(yes);
    log_fifo_size(10000);
    log_msg_size(8192);
    long_hostnames(on);
    perm(0644);
    stats(3600);
    sync(0);
#
# Change to 1?
#   time_reopen (1);
    time_reopen (10);
    use_dns(yes);
    use_fqdn(yes);
  };

.vp



From: wiskbroom at hotmail.com
To: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:48:39 -0500
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Hosts Logging Into Multiple Destinations (files) Bad	Filter???








Thank you Evan, does hostname chaining also force multiple logging?  If now, does anyone know why I am logging my data to two locations instead of just one?

By the way, any good references to writing a good .conf file for this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again.

.vp

> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:26:43 -0800
> From: erempel at uvic.ca
> To: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu
> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Hosts Logging Into Multiple Destinations (files) Bad	Filter???
> 
> 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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