[syslog-ng] Problem sending logs to central log server..

Patrick H. syslogng at feystorm.net
Mon Sep 19 23:04:44 CEST 2011


Dont forget to leave the mailing list on the list of recips :-)

Anyway, its still commented out in your log {} block. If the log block 
has no source, it wont log anything.
log {
#    source(src_eventdb);
     filter(f_at_least_warn);
#     filter(f_syslog);
     destination(d_eventdb);
};


-Patrick



Sent: Mon Sep 19 2011 14:43:08 GMT-0600 (MST)
From: rek2 <rek2gnulinux at gmail.com>
To: Patrick H. <syslogng at feystorm.net>
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Problem sending logs to central log server..
> Hi Patrick, thanks for your reply, yes you right sorry I did the copy 
> and paste before I uncomented some lines since Im testing here and 
> there..
>
> this is how I have it now.. the last part:
>
>  #syslog-ng2mysql destinations
>
> source src_eventdb {
>     unix-stream("/dev/log");
>     udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));
> };
>
> destination d_eventdb {
>     pipe(
>         "/usr/local/icinga/var/rw/syslog-ng.pipe",
>         
> template("$HOST\t$SOURCEIP\t$PRI\t$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY\t$HOUR:$MIN:$SEC\t$PROGRAM\t$MSG\n")
>         template_escape(no)
>     );
> };
>
> filter f_at_least_warn {
> #    level(warn..emerg);
> #     level(notice..emerg);
>      level(info, notice, warn, crit, err, debug);
> };
>
> log {
> #    source(src_eventdb);
>     filter(f_at_least_warn);
> #     filter(f_syslog);
>     destination(d_eventdb);
> };
>
> #log {
> #        source(src_eventdb);
> #        filter(f_auth);
> #        destination(d_eventdb);
> #};
>
>
> 2011/9/19 Patrick H. <syslogng at feystorm.net 
> <mailto:syslogng at feystorm.net>>
>
>     In your server config, the only listener you have on udp port 514
>     is defined in src_eventdb, and all src_eventdb entries are
>     commented out.
>
>     -Patrick
>
>
>     Sent: Mon Sep 19 2011 11:40:15 GMT-0600 (MST)
>     From: rek2 <rek2gnulinux at gmail.com> <mailto:rek2gnulinux at gmail.com>
>     To: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
>     Subject: [syslog-ng] Problem sending logs to central log server..
>>     Hello, I'm trying to sent all my logs from one openbsd server
>>     with syslog-ng to a linux ubuntu central log server also with
>>     syslog-ng of course but only the syslog-ng logs are been logged..
>>     also when I do a "logger test" for example it gets log locally
>>     but not remotely to the log server...
>>     here are my configs:
>>
>>     for the log server is basically the defaul of ubuntu with my
>>     addtions at the end.. you will see
>>     some commented is me trying to fix this issue.
>>
>>
>>     cat syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
>>     #
>>     # 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$");
>>             keep_hostname (yes);
>>
>>     };
>>
>>
>>     ######
>>     # 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();
>>     };
>>
>>
>>     ######
>>     # 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("*"); };
>>
>>
>>     ######
>>     # 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));
>>     };
>>
>>
>>     ######
>>     # 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 <http://mail.info>                      
>>     -/var/log/mail.info <http://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(d_eventdb);
>>     };
>>
>>     # *.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);
>>     };
>>     #syslog-ng2mysql destinations
>>
>>     source src_eventdb {
>>         unix-stream("/dev/log");
>>         udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));
>>     };
>>
>>     destination d_eventdb {
>>         pipe(
>>             "/usr/local/icinga/var/rw/syslog-ng.pipe",
>>            
>>     template("$HOST\t$SOURCEIP\t$PRI\t$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY\t$HOUR:$MIN:$SEC\t$PROGRAM\t$MSG\n")
>>             template_escape(no)
>>         );
>>     };
>>
>>     filter f_at_least_warn {
>>     #    level(warn..emerg);
>>          level(notice..emerg);
>>     };
>>
>>     log {
>>     #    source(src_eventdb);
>>         filter(f_at_least_warn);
>>     #     filter(f_syslog);
>>         destination(d_eventdb);
>>     };
>>
>>     #log {
>>     #        source(src_eventdb);
>>     #        filter(f_auth);
>>     #        destination(d_eventdb);
>>     #};
>>
>>
>>
>>     HERE FOR THE BSD/CLIENT SIDE: same here is the default with
>>     openbsd syslog-ng install
>>     with my additions at the end.
>>
>>     cat /etc/syslog-ng.conf
>>     #
>>     # Syslog-ng example configuration for for Debian GNU/Linux
>>     #
>>     # Copyright (c) 1999 anonymous
>>     # Copyright (c) 1999 Balazs Scheidler
>>     # $Id: syslog-ng.conf.sample,v 1.3 2003/05/20 08:57:27 asd Exp $
>>     #
>>     # Syslog-ng configuration file, compatible with default Debian
>>     syslogd
>>     # installation.
>>     #
>>
>>     options { long_hostnames(off); sync(0); keep_hostname(yes);
>>     use_dns(yes); stats (3600); };
>>
>>     #source src { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); };
>>     source src { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal(); };
>>     source net { udp(); };
>>
>>     destination authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
>>     destination syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); };
>>     destination cron { file("/var/log/cron.log"); };
>>     destination daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
>>     destination kern { file("/var/log/kern.log"); };
>>     destination lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
>>     destination user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
>>     destination uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };
>>     destination ppp { file("/var/log/ppp.log"); };
>>     destination mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };
>>
>>     destination mailinfo { file("/var/log/mail.info
>>     <http://mail.info>"); };
>>     destination mailwarn { file("/var/log/mail.warn"); };
>>     destination mailerr { file("/var/log/mail.err"); };
>>
>>     destination newscrit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit"); };
>>     destination newserr { file("/var/log/news/news.err"); };
>>     destination newsnotice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice"); };
>>
>>     destination debug { file("/var/log/debug"); };
>>     destination messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };
>>     destination console { usertty("root"); };
>>     destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };
>>     #destination loghost { udp("loghost" port(999)); };
>>
>>
>>     destination xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole"); };
>>
>>
>>     #ssh filter
>>     filter f_sshderr    { match('^sshd\[[0-9]+\]: error:'); };
>>     filter f_sshd       { match('^sshd\[[0-9]+\]:'); };
>>     #
>>     filter f_auth { facility(auth); };
>>     filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };
>>     filter f_syslog { not facility(authpriv, mail); };
>>     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_user { facility(user); };
>>     filter f_uucp { facility(cron); };
>>     filter f_ppp { facility(local2); };
>>     filter f_news { facility(news); };
>>     filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };
>>     filter f_messages { level(info..warn)
>>             and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news); };
>>     filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };
>>
>>     filter f_info { level(info); };
>>     filter f_notice { level(notice); };
>>     filter f_warn { level(warn); };
>>     filter f_crit { level(crit); };
>>     filter f_err { level(err); };
>>
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(authlog); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(syslog); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(cron); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(daemon); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_kern); destination(kern); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(lpr); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(mail); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(user); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_uucp); destination(uucp); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_info);
>>     destination(mailinfo); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_warn);
>>     destination(mailwarn); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_err);
>>     destination(mailerr); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_crit);
>>     destination(newscrit); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_err);
>>     destination(newserr); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_notice);
>>     destination(newsnotice); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(debug); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(messages); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_ppp); destination(ppp); };
>>     log { source(src); destination(console_all); };
>>
>>     #sent to our central log server running eventdb
>>     destination loghost { udp("192.168.xxx.xxx" port(514)); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_info); destination(loghost); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(loghost); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(loghost); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(loghost); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(loghost); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_sshd); destination(loghost); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_sshderr); destination(loghost); };
>>     log { source(src); filter(f_kern); destination(loghost); };
>>
>>
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