[syslog-ng] Queue size in syslog-ng?

Anton Koldaev koldaevav at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 15:31:27 CET 2012


Random tuning. Just make it bigger!


On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Daniel Neubacher <daniel.neubacher at xing.com
> wrote:

> You need to configure log_fifo_size. I've set "log_fifo_size(1000000)" to
> get sure nothing get lost. Make sure you have some memory left free on the
> server :)
>
> Daniel
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu [mailto:
> syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] Im Auftrag von Abhijeet R
> Gesendet: Montag, 19. November 2012 11:43
> An: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu
> Betreff: [syslog-ng] Queue size in syslog-ng?
>
> Hi all,
>
> In my setup, I send logs from all the servers to a central syslog server.
> This syslog-ng server also has a destination on a different port which is
> picked up by logstash's input block. (consider it just a consumer to those
> messages).
>
> What if this consumer goes down? How big is the queue? Is that
> configurable? How do I make sure that none of the messages are missed for
> the time the consumer is down?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Abhijeet R
> http://blog.abhijeetr.com
>
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Best regards,
Koldaev Anton
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