[syslog-ng] syslog-ng log server stops listening on network

[Gergely Nagy]

Paul Muther <dalamars at gmail.com> writes:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a syslog-ng log server running 3.2.4 listening on a TCP port
> 4514.  We are not a high volume environment (server processes on
> average between 10 and 20 MPS).  Twice now the server has just stopped
> accepting traffic on the TCP port causing all the clients to store
> messages.  There seems to be no explanation for the event and the
> local service is running and processing all local logs for the server
> no problem.
>
> I feel like this might be an IP port conflict but I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything.   

Can you perhaps strace the syslog-ng process when it stops processing
TCP traffic? Perhaps that will give us a hint where the problem might
be.

Also, an lsof -p $pid-of-syslog-ng would help too.

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