[syslog-ng] Having syslog-ng send to a central server via local6

[ILLES, Marton]

On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 22:01 -0700, Patrick Topping wrote:
> I am setting up syslog-ng to tail a database query log and have it
> sent to a central server for analysis / archiving.  I have it
> partially working.  I am able to send the UDP packets to the central
> server but I cannot get them to be sent to central server @ local6.
> Below is my source, destination, & log  lines:
> 
> source s_general_db_log {
>   file ("/var/lib/mysql/mysql/general_log.CSV" flags(no-parse)
> follow_freq(1) program_override("vchat3dev-db002_mysql_db_log:") ); };
> 
> destination d_central { udp( "10.0.4.162" port(514) ); };
> 
> log { source(s_general_db_log); destination(d_central); };
> 
> I have tried adding in a facility option to the destination but it
> does not work.  Any help with what I am missing would be greatly
> appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Hi,

You can add the facility() and priority() options to the source,
otherwise it sets user/notice. 

M
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