[syslog-ng] Another beginners problem

[Andy Kannberg]

Hello Siem,

Woah, that is a quick response...!
Anyway, it didn't give any line when it reported the fail.


cheers,
Andy

2009/7/15 Siem Korteweg <Siem.Korteweg at qnh.nl>

> Andy,
>
> which line of your server config is reported when the reload fails?
>
> regards,
>
> Siem Korteweg
>
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu namens Andy Kannberg
> Verzonden: wo 15-7-2009 16:45
> Aan: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu
> Onderwerp: [syslog-ng] Another beginners problem
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm new to syslog-ng. I'm trying to get it running on a bunch of Ubuntu
> 8.04
> LTS and OEL 5.3 systems.
> For a start, I'm trying to get it working on 2 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS boxes.
> What I want is that all logging of all systems is sent to a central
> loghost.
> Systems do not need to keep a local logfile.
>
> So, I've shamelesly copied over a (as said working) config from another
> thread a few days ago on this list.
> The client part works, at least, the reload goed ok. However, on the
> server,
> the reload fails, giving no kind of warning or message whatsoever to hint
> where the problem lies.
>
> The configuration is as follows (With thanks to Siem Korteweg, from whom I
> copied the config over).
>
> Client & server:
>
> source s_internal { internal(); };
>
> destination d_syslogng_log { file("/var/log/syslog-ng.log"); };
>
> source s_local  {
>                       unix-dgram("/dev/log");
>                       file("/proc/kmsg" program_override("kernel:"));
>               };
>
> destination d_remote { tcp("10.0.13.152" port(514) ) ; };
>
> destination d_local { file("/var/log/messages"); };
>
> log { source( s_internal );     destination( d_remote ); };
> log { source( s_internal );     destination( d_syslogng_log ); };
> log { source( s_local );        destination( d_remote ); };
> log { source( s_local );        destination( d_local ); };
>
>
> On the central loghost, adittional lines are added:
>
> source s_network { tcp (ip("10.0.13.152") port(514)); };
>
> destination d_network   {
>
> file("/var/log/syslog-ng/hosts/$HOST_FROM/$R_YEAR/$R_MONTH/$R_YEAR-$R_MONTH-$
> R_DAY"
> create_dirs(yes)); };
> log { source( s_network );      destination( d_network ); };
>
> But, as said, a reload fails. Can someone help me out a little ?
> Oh, I am running syslog-ng 3.03, installed from the .deb package available
> on the website of Balabit.
>
> cheers and thanks in advance.
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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