[syslog-ng] Rediecting logs

Zoltán Pallagi pzolee at balabit.hu
Tue Apr 20 12:38:58 CEST 2010


Hi,

Replace $HOST_syslog.log to $HOST-syslog.log and it will work.  
Syslog-ng seems to be handling wrong if underscore character is after 
macroname.
Report a bug about it, please (https://bugzilla.balabit.com/)


abhay singh wrote:
> I have made that changes and restarted syslog services even though its 
> not working///
> Now its like this
>
> options {
>                long_hostnames(off);
>                sync(0);
>                perm(0640);
>                stats(3600);
>                keep_hostname(yes);
> };
> source s_external {
>         udp(port(514));
>         #udp(ip("192.168.114.129") port(514));
>         #udp(ip("0.0.0.0") port(514));
> };  # Specific
> source s_stunnel {
>         tcp(ip("127.0.0.1")
>         port(514)
>         max-connections(1));
>        };
> destination d_external { file("/data/extract/syslogs/$HOST_syslog.log" \
>     owner(cubot) group(users) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)
>     template("$DATE $FULLHOST $PROGRAM $TAG [$FACILITY.$LEVEL] 
> $MESSAGE \n") );
>         };
>
> destination d_stunnel{ 
> file("/data/extract/syslogs/$HOST/$HOST_syslog.log" \
>     owner(cubot) group(users) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)
>     template("$DATE $FULLHOST $PROGRAM $TAG [$FACILITY.$LEVEL] 
> $MESSAGE \n") );
>         };
>
> log { source(s_external); destination(d_external); };
> log { source(s_stunnel); destination(d_stunnel); };
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Alan McKinnon <Alan.McKinnon at is.co.za 
> <mailto:Alan.McKinnon at is.co.za>> wrote:
>
>     On Tuesday 20 April 2010 08:38:51 abhay singh wrote:
>     > Hi All,
>     >
>     > I have made changes in syslog-ng.conf to redirect logs coming
>     from other
>     > server to some specified log file and in some format
>     >
>     > source s_external {
>     >         udp(port(514));
>     > };
>     > source s_stunnel {
>     >        tcp(ip(127.0.0.1) port(514));
>     > };
>     >
>     > destination s_external { file("/mydir/syslogs/$HOST_syslog.log" \
>     >     owner(user) group(group) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700)
>     create_dirs(yes));
>     > };
>     >
>     > destination s_stunnel { file("/mydir/syslogs/$HOST/syslog.log" \
>     >     owner(user) group(group) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700)
>     create_dirs(yes));
>     > };
>     >
>     > log { source(s_external); destination(s_external); };
>     > log { source(s_stunnel); destination(s_stunnel); };
>     >
>     > But my log file is being created with name "syslog.log" and not as
>     > "<hostnmae/ip>_syslog.log" neither $HOST directory made, what
>     may be the
>     > issue?
>     >
>     > Globle options are
>     >
>     > option{
>     >
>     > long_hostname(off);
>     > sync(0);
>     > }
>
>
>     Your sources and destinations have the same name. That is not allowed.
>
>     Rename the destinations to d_<something>
>
>     --
>     Alan McKinnon
>     Systems Engineer^W Technician
>     Infrastructure Services
>     Internet Solutions
>
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> -- 
> Regards..
> Abhay Singh..
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> Sr. Software Engineer.
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pzolee

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