[syslog-ng] Multiple Interface interaction with syslogng

[Gergely Nagy]

Pramod Pillai <pramodpillaip at gmail.com> writes:

> I am using Solaris box which has multiple IP interface cards.  When I
> run syslogng client ( instance ) it picks up one of the available IP
> for use.
> I want the syslogng to pick up the IP which I want. By this way on the
> syslong-ng server I will have the correct IP address.
> EX:
> The box has following IP address.
> 10.232.1.1
> 10.232.1.2
> 10.232.1.3
> 10.232.1.4
>
> I want the syslogn-ng to pick up "10.232.1.3".  There by the syslog-ng
> server instance will always print the source IP as "10.232.1.3"

If my memory serves me right, destinations have a localip() setting,
which you can use somewhat like this:

destination d_net {
  tcp("remote-server"
      localip("10.232.1.3")
  );
};

Hope that helps!

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