[syslog-ng] Syslog-ng 3.x and kernel messages

[Phusion]

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Evan Rempel <erempel at uvic.ca> wrote:
> I don't use FreBSD, but under linux the kernel messages are in
> /dev/kmsg
>
> source local { internal();
>               unix-stream("/dev/log");
>               file("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: "));
>               unix-dgram("/var/run/log");
>          };
>
>
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> Subject: [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng 3.x and kernel messages
>
> I've used syslog-ng 1.x and 2.x, but am new to using 3.x. I'm using
> syslog-ng 3.0.3 on a FreeBSD 8.0 server. I'm having trouble getting
> kernel messages. I've made a very small config file, and this isn't
> working either.
>
> @version:3.0
> source local { internal(); file("/dev/klog"); unix-dgram("/var/run/log"); };
> destination all { file("/var/log/all.log"); };
> log { source(local); destination(all); };
>
> This picks up other things, but not the kernel messages. I assume it's
> a small configuration issue. Let me know. Thanks.
>
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FreeBSD uses the file /dev/klog. I have this working on a FreeBSD 8.0
machine running syslog-ng 2.0.10.

Phusion