[syslog-ng] How to turn logging into the .log files
Clayton Dukes
cdukes at gmail.com
Tue May 11 15:18:20 CEST 2010
In the config I have, The only log destinations you have set up are:
cisco7206.log
uspcce.log
Both of which had the same filter name as the definition.
There are no definitions at all for:
cefet.log
incor.log
ufabc.log
unesp.log
unifesp.log
It seems to me that someone replaced your config if you say all this was
working before....
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Wagner Pereira <wpereira at pop-sp.rnp.br>wrote:
> Dukes,
>
> In fact, there are some files configured by syslog-ng own.
>
> Below are the files that I myself had created. But only the uspcce.log has
> been updated after the last change I've implemented.
>
> cefet.log
> cisco7206.log
> incor.log
> ufabc.log
> unesp.log
> unifesp.log
> uspcce.log
>
>
> 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 10/5/2010 12:12, Clayton Dukes escreveu:
>
> 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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>>>> Documentation:
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>>>> FAQ: http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Clayton Dukes
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>> Clayton Dukes
>> ______________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________________
>> Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng
>> Documentation: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng
>> FAQ: http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________________
>> Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng
>> Documentation:
>> http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng
>> FAQ: http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> ______________________________________________________________
>
> Clayton Dukes
> ______________________________________________________________
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng
> Documentation: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng
> FAQ: http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html
>
>
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