[syslog-ng] How to turn logging into the .log files
Clayton Dukes
cdukes at gmail.com
Mon May 10 17:12:31 CEST 2010
Hi Wagner,
I see 21 log files configured in your syslog-ng.conf file, which ones are
missing?
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Wagner Pereira <wpereira at pop-sp.rnp.br>wrote:
> Dukes,
>
> I implemented your changes and I can say that almost everything came back
> to work correctly, but...
>
> At the beginning, I had seven .log files been incremented by the syslog and
> now I have only one .log file been incremented.
>
> What can be still wrong?
>
> Hugs,
>
> --
>
> Wagner Pereira
>
> PoP-SP/RNP - Ponto de Presença da RNP em São Paulo
> CCE/USP - Centro de Computação Eletrônica da Universidade de São Paulohttp://www.pop-sp.rnp.br
> Tel. (11) 3091-8901
>
>
> Em 7/5/2010 12:28, Clayton Dukes escreveu:
>
> Hi Wagner,
> A couple of problems with your config:
> 1. I believe that prior to syslog-ng v3.x, you could only have one source
> defined.
> try removing your source net definition, it's a duplicate of "s_all" and
> there's no need for it.
> - be sure to update any reference to "net" and change them to "s_all"
>
> 2. You have destinations and filters with the same name, I'm pretty sure
> this is not allowed.
>
> Try something like this:
>
> source s_all {
> # message generated by Syslog-NG
> internal();
> # standard Linux log source (this is the default place for the
> syslog()
> # function to send logs to)
> unix-stream("/dev/log");
> # messages from the kernel
> file("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: "));
> # use the following line if you want to receive remote UDP logging
> messages
> # (this is equivalent to the "-r" syslogd flag)
> udp();
> };
>
> destination d_Cisco7206 {
> file("/var/log/routers/cisco7206.log"
> create_dirs(yes) );
> };
>
> destination d_Metrosampa-USP_CCE {
> file("/var/log/routers/uspcce.log"
> create_dirs(yes) );
> };
>
> filter f_Cisco7206 {
> host("10.0.0.2");
> };
>
> filter f_Metrosampa-USP_CCE {
> host("10.0.0.3");
> };
>
>
> log {
> source(s_all);
> filter(f_Cisco7206);
> destination(d_Cisco7206);
> };
>
> log {
> source(s_all);
> filter(f_Metrosampa-USP_CCE);
> destination(d_Metrosampa-USP_CCE);
> };
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Wagner Pereira <wpereira at pop-sp.rnp.br>wrote:
>
>> Hi, Dukes. Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> At this moment, I must to turn back to log into the .log files, at the
>> same way of the beginning. This is urgent for now. (Below is my
>> syslog-ng.conf file)
>>
>> Next, my boss is asking me to test the Syslog plugin for Cacti.
>>
>> Finally, if this solution doesn't solve our demand, I will consider to
>> re-install and test the Logzilla.
>>
>> ---------------------
>> #
>> # Configuration file for syslog-ng under Debian
>> #
>> # attempts at reproducing default syslog behavior
>>
>> # the standard syslog levels are (in descending order of priority):
>> # emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug
>> # the aliases "error", "panic", and "warn" are deprecated
>> # the "none" priority found in the original syslogd configuration is
>> # only used in internal messages created by syslogd
>>
>>
>> ######
>> # options
>>
>> options {
>> # disable the chained hostname format in logs
>> # (default is enabled)
>> chain_hostnames(0);
>>
>> # the time to wait before a died connection is re-established
>> # (default is 60)
>> time_reopen(10);
>>
>> # the time to wait before an idle destination file is closed
>> # (default is 60)
>> time_reap(360);
>>
>> # the number of lines buffered before written to file
>> # you might want to increase this if your disk isn't catching with
>> # all the log messages you get or if you want less disk activity
>> # (say on a laptop)
>> # (default is 0)
>> #sync(0);
>>
>> # the number of lines fitting in the output queue
>> log_fifo_size(2048);
>>
>> # enable or disable directory creation for destination files
>> create_dirs(yes);
>>
>> # default owner, group, and permissions for log files
>> # (defaults are 0, 0, 0600)
>> #owner(root);
>> group(adm);
>> perm(0640);
>>
>> # default owner, group, and permissions for created directories
>> # (defaults are 0, 0, 0700)
>> #dir_owner(root);
>> #dir_group(root);
>> dir_perm(0755);
>>
>> # enable or disable DNS usage
>> # syslog-ng blocks on DNS queries, so enabling DNS may lead to
>> # a Denial of Service attack
>> # (default is yes)
>> use_dns(yes);
>>
>> # maximum length of message in bytes
>> # this is only limited by the program listening on the /dev/log
>> Unix
>> # socket, glibc can handle arbitrary length log messages, but --
>> for
>> # example -- syslogd accepts only 1024 bytes
>> # (default is 2048)
>> #log_msg_size(2048);
>>
>> #Disable statistic log messages.
>> stats_freq(0);
>>
>> # Some program send log messages through a private implementation.
>> # and sometimes that implementation is bad. If this happen syslog-ng
>> # may recognise the program name as hostname. Whit this option
>> # we tell the syslog-ng that if a hostname match this regexp than that
>> # is not a real hostname.
>> bad_hostname("^gconfd$");
>> };
>>
>>
>> ######
>> # sources
>>
>> # all known message sources
>> source s_all {
>> # message generated by Syslog-NG
>> internal();
>> # standard Linux log source (this is the default place for the
>> syslog()
>> # function to send logs to)
>> unix-stream("/dev/log");
>> # messages from the kernel
>> file("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: "));
>> # use the following line if you want to receive remote UDP logging
>> messages
>> # (this is equivalent to the "-r" syslogd flag)
>> udp();
>> };
>>
>> source net {
>> unix-stream("/dev/log");
>> internal();
>> udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));
>> };
>>
>>
>>
>> ######
>> # destinations
>>
>> # some standard log files
>> destination df_auth { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
>> destination df_syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); };
>> destination df_cron { file("/var/log/cron.log"); };
>> destination df_daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
>> destination df_kern { file("/var/log/kern.log"); };
>> destination df_lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
>> destination df_mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };
>> destination df_user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
>> destination df_uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };
>>
>> # these files are meant for the mail system log files
>> # and provide re-usable destinations for {mail,cron,...}.info,
>> # {mail,cron,...}.notice, etc.
>> destination df_facility_dot_info { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.info"); };
>> destination df_facility_dot_notice { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.notice"); };
>> destination df_facility_dot_warn { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.warn"); };
>> destination df_facility_dot_err { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.err"); };
>> destination df_facility_dot_crit { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.crit"); };
>>
>> # these files are meant for the news system, and are kept separated
>> # because they should be owned by "news" instead of "root"
>> destination df_news_dot_notice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice"
>> owner("news")); };
>> destination df_news_dot_err { file("/var/log/news/news.err"
>> owner("news")); };
>> destination df_news_dot_crit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit"
>> owner("news")); };
>>
>> # some more classical and useful files found in standard syslog
>> configurations
>> destination df_debug { file("/var/log/debug"); };
>> destination df_messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };
>>
>> # pipes
>> # a console to view log messages under X
>> destination dp_xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole"); };
>>
>> # consoles
>> # this will send messages to everyone logged in
>> destination du_all { usertty("*"); };
>>
>> destination Cisco7206 {
>> file("/var/log/routers/cisco7206.log" create_dirs(yes) );
>> };
>>
>> destination Metrosampa-USP_CCE {
>> file("/var/log/routers/uspcce.log" create_dirs(yes) );
>> };
>>
>>
>> ######
>> # filters
>>
>> # all messages from the auth and authpriv facilities
>> filter f_auth { facility(auth, authpriv); };
>>
>> # all messages except from the auth and authpriv facilities
>> filter f_syslog { not facility(auth, authpriv); };
>>
>> # respectively: messages from the cron, daemon, kern, lpr, mail, news,
>> user,
>> # and uucp facilities
>> filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
>> filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };
>> filter f_kern { facility(kern); };
>> filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };
>> filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
>> filter f_news { facility(news); };
>> filter f_user { facility(user); };
>> filter f_uucp { facility(uucp); };
>>
>> # some filters to select messages of priority greater or equal to info,
>> warn,
>> # and err
>> # (equivalents of syslogd's *.info, *.warn, and *.err)
>> filter f_at_least_info { level(info..emerg); };
>> filter f_at_least_notice { level(notice..emerg); };
>> filter f_at_least_warn { level(warn..emerg); };
>> filter f_at_least_err { level(err..emerg); };
>> filter f_at_least_crit { level(crit..emerg); };
>>
>> # all messages of priority debug not coming from the auth, authpriv, news,
>> and
>> # mail facilities
>> filter f_debug { level(debug) and not facility(auth, authpriv, news,
>> mail); };
>>
>> # all messages of info, notice, or warn priority not coming form the auth,
>> # authpriv, cron, daemon, mail, and news facilities
>> filter f_messages {
>> level(info,notice,warn)
>> and not facility(auth,authpriv,cron,daemon,mail,news);
>> };
>>
>> # messages with priority emerg
>> filter f_emerg { level(emerg); };
>>
>> # complex filter for messages usually sent to the xconsole
>> filter f_xconsole {
>> facility(daemon,mail)
>> or level(debug,info,notice,warn)
>> or (facility(news)
>> and level(crit,err,notice));
>> };
>>
>> filter Cisco7206 {
>> host("10.0.0.2");
>> };
>>
>> filter Metrosampa-USP_CCE {
>> host("10.0.0.3");
>> };
>>
>> ######
>> # logs
>> # order matters if you use "flags(final);" to mark the end of processing
>> in a
>> # "log" statement
>>
>> # these rules provide the same behavior as the commented original syslogd
>> rules
>>
>> # auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_auth);
>> destination(df_auth);
>> };
>>
>> # *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_syslog);
>> destination(df_syslog);
>> };
>>
>> # this is commented out in the default syslog.conf
>> # cron.* /var/log/cron.log
>> #log {
>> # source(s_all);
>> # filter(f_cron);
>> # destination(df_cron);
>> #};
>>
>> # daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_daemon);
>> destination(df_daemon);
>> };
>>
>> # kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_kern);
>> destination(df_kern);
>> };
>>
>> # lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_lpr);
>> destination(df_lpr);
>> };
>>
>> # mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_mail);
>> destination(df_mail);
>> };
>>
>> # user.* -/var/log/user.log
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_user);
>> destination(df_user);
>> };
>>
>> # uucp.* /var/log/uucp.log
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_uucp);
>> destination(df_uucp);
>> };
>>
>> # mail.info -/var/log/mail.info
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_mail);
>> filter(f_at_least_info);
>> destination(df_facility_dot_info);
>> };
>>
>> # mail.warn -/var/log/mail.warn
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_mail);
>> filter(f_at_least_warn);
>> destination(df_facility_dot_warn);
>> };
>>
>> # mail.err /var/log/mail.err
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_mail);
>> filter(f_at_least_err);
>> destination(df_facility_dot_err);
>> };
>>
>> # news.crit /var/log/news/news.crit
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_news);
>> filter(f_at_least_crit);
>> destination(df_news_dot_crit);
>> };
>>
>> # news.err /var/log/news/news.err
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_news);
>> filter(f_at_least_err);
>> destination(df_news_dot_err);
>> };
>>
>> # news.notice /var/log/news/news.notice
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_news);
>> filter(f_at_least_notice);
>> destination(df_news_dot_notice);
>> };
>>
>>
>> # *.=debug;\
>> # auth,authpriv.none;\
>> # news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_debug);
>> destination(df_debug);
>> };
>>
>>
>> # *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
>> # auth,authpriv.none;\
>> # cron,daemon.none;\
>> # mail,news.none -/var/log/messages
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_messages);
>> destination(df_messages);
>> };
>>
>> # *.emerg *
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_emerg);
>> destination(du_all);
>> };
>>
>>
>> # daemon.*;mail.*;\
>> # news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
>> # *.=debug;*.=info;\
>> # *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
>> log {
>> source(s_all);
>> filter(f_xconsole);
>> destination(dp_xconsole);
>> };
>>
>> log {
>> source(net);
>> filter(Cisco7206);
>> destination(Cisco7206);
>> };
>>
>> log {
>> source(net);
>> filter(Metrosampa-USP_CCE);
>> destination(Metrosampa-USP_CCE);
>> };
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> --
>>
>> Wagner Pereira
>>
>> PoP-SP/RNP - Ponto de Presença da RNP em São Paulo
>> CCE/USP - Centro de Computação Eletrônica da Universidade de São Paulo
>> http://www.pop-sp.rnp.br
>> Tel. (11) 3091-8901
>>
>>
>> Em 7/5/2010 10:19, Clayton Dukes escreveu:
>>
>> Hi Wagner,
>> If you need help with LogZilla, please let me know.
>> For syslog-ng, it would help if you posted your syslog-ng.conf file.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Wagner Pereira <wpereira at pop-sp.rnp.br>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> When I installed Syslog-ng, I configured it to log all the device's
>>> activities into the .log files. It worked well for some weeks.
>>>
>>> In the last week, I tried to use Logzilla ( former PhP-Syslog-ng) but I
>>> can't successful, then I removed Logzilla yesterday.
>>>
>>> After I removed Logzilla, I noticed that all the activities are been
>>> recorded into the /var/log/messages file and no longer into the .log
>>> files I've created for this purpose, originally.
>>>
>>> What should I configure to turn logging in those .log files? I already
>>> have the syslog-ng.conf configured properly.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Wagner Pereira
>>>
>>> PoP-SP/RNP - Ponto de Presença da RNP em São Paulo
>>> CCE/USP - Centro de Computação Eletrônica da Universidade de São Paulo
>>> http://www.pop-sp.rnp.br
>>> Tel. (11) 3091-8901
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________________________
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>> Clayton Dukes
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> ______________________________________________________________
>
> Clayton Dukes
> ______________________________________________________________
>
>
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