[syslog-ng] config file question

Rory Toma rory at ooma.com
Tue Feb 2 02:22:58 CET 2010


I could, but then I'd have to retrain non-technical folks on how to find 
them, and get their support people to change tools... Kind of a headache...

On 1/29/10 6:13 AM, Fekete Robert wrote:
> Hi,
> Just a thought: do you really need to keep that many files open simultaneously?
> Can't you use macros (e.g., $HOUR or even $MIN) to lower the number of files
> needed in parallel?
>
> Robert
>
> Rory Toma wrote:
>
>    
>> OK, I have a question. I've found that it is good to run several
>> syslog-ng processes when dealing with tens of thousands of log files.
>>
>> So, I'd like to receive everything in one syslog-ng process, and forward
>> them, via localhost, to about a hundred or so different syslog-ng
>> processes on the same machine. Is there a good way to write a  (log;
>> filter; dest;) line that would round-robin between a bunch of
>> destinations in a single line?
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