[syslog-ng] syslog-ng logging from localhost

fredzy padzy fredzyy at gmail.com
Thu Oct 1 16:35:59 CEST 2009


hi,

you should try to replace (in your destination declaration)
file ("/logs/hosts/${HOST}/${HOST}-${YEAR}${MONTH}${DAY}");

by

file ("/logs/hosts/server");

... and also understand what your doing, of course ... ;)

2009/10/1 Stefan Varga <Stefan_Varga at tempest.sk>

> Sorry for misleading you, it is logged to /logs/hosts/10.128.240.100
> but I would like to log it to /logs/hosts/server where i issued telnet
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
>
>
> Stefan Varga wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > we have a syslog-ng configuration see bellow, running on solaris
> >
> > if I telnet to 10.128.240.100 from server where syslog-ng is running,
> nothing is logged
> > if I telnet to 10.128.240.100 from any other server it is logging as
> expected
> >
> > do you see something obvious here ?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stefan
> >
> >
> > #@version: 3.0
> >
> > options {
> >  create_dirs(yes);
> >  owner(root);
> >  group(logs);
> >  perm(0644);
> >  dir_perm(0755);
> >  flush_lines(0);
> >  log_fifo_size(2048);
> >  log_msg_size(8192);
> >  stats_freq(3600);
> >  long_hostnames(off);
> >  keep_hostname(no);
> >  use_dns(yes);
> > };
> >
> > source s_remote {
> >        udp(ip(10.128.240.100) port(514));
> >        tcp(ip(10.128.240.100) port(514) max_connections(1000))
> > };
> >
> >
> > # remote hosts to files
> > destination r_messages {
> >    file ("/logs/hosts/${HOST}/${HOST}-${YEAR}${MONTH}${DAY}");
> > };
> >
> >
> > # remote logs
> > log {
> >    source (s_remote);
> >    filter (f_debug);
> >    destination (r_messages);
> > };
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
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