[syslog-ng] Multi-line support issue

Satish Patel satish.txt at gmail.com
Fri Jul 12 20:16:25 CEST 2013


Tomcat7 log4j sending logs to syslog-ng. I have installed 3.5. look like
log4j doesn't know about white space, do you have any experience with that?
but in syslog-ng documents they have mention you can use multi-line-prefix
to solve this issue but it seem that option doesn't available in 3.5 version


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Balazs Scheidler <bazsi77 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's abailable in the git repo, Algernon (cc) may have published binaries.
>
> For syslog(transport(udp)) you don't need this flag, as UDP supports
> multiline just fine. The original sender decides whether it sends the
> message with newlines or not. What client sends you messages?
> On Jul 11, 2013 6:54 PM, "Satish Patel" <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ah!!! where do i download 3.5 OpenSource? could you please point me out..
>> also in my case i am using UDP port for source so my syntex would be like
>> following? right?
>>
>> source s_tomcat {
>>         syslog( transport("udp") multi-line-mode(indented));
>> };
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Balazs Scheidler <bazsi77 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> My gosh, I incorrectly remembered a number of vital details, sorry for
>>> that.
>>>
>>> The syntax has been changed from the flags format, it's like this:
>>>
>>> file('tomcat.log' multi-line-mode(indented));
>>>
>>> I have actually tried this one, however I have one other bad news, this
>>> feature missed 3.4 so it's only available in the 3.5 branch. IIRC Algernon
>>> already published 3.5 binaries for Debian/Ubuntu distros.
>>>  On Jul 11, 2013 4:22 PM, "Satish Patel" <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is my source declaration and i have put flags which you have
>>>> mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> source s_tomcat {
>>>>         syslog( transport("udp") flags(indent-multi-line));
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> I got following error when i am trying to put flags
>>>>
>>>> Error parsing afsocket, Unknown flag indent-multi-line in
>>>> /usr/local/syslog-ng-3.4.2/etc/syslog-ng.conf at line 54, column 33:
>>>>
>>>>         syslog( transport("udp") flags(indent-multi-line) );
>>>>                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Balazs Scheidler <bazsi at balabit.hu>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't see the source declaration, it must be something along the
>>>>> lines
>>>>> of:
>>>>>
>>>>> source s_tomcat {
>>>>>     file("/var/log/tomcat/xxx.log" flags(indent-multi-line));
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 2013-07-10 at 12:54 -0400, Satish Patel wrote:
>>>>> > Hi Balazs,
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > what is your thought about my config? did you see?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Satish Patel <satish.txt at gmail.com>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >         This is what i have configured and no luck with it.. can you
>>>>> >         suggest what i am missing?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >         destination d02_tc74_log
>>>>> >         { file("/logs/server1/tomcat7.4/catalina_$YEAR$MONTH$DAY.log"
>>>>> >         template("$(indent-multi-line ${MESSAGE})\n")
>>>>> >         template(t_tomcatlog) owner("root") group("root") perm(0644)
>>>>> >         dir_perm(0755) create_dirs(yes)); };
>>>>> >         filter server1 { host("server1.example.com") };
>>>>> >         log {
>>>>> >           source (s_tomcat);
>>>>> >           filter (server1);
>>>>> >           filter (tomcat7_4);
>>>>> >           destination (d02_tc74_log);
>>>>> >         };
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >         On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Satish Patel
>>>>> >         <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >                 How do i use indented-multi-line ? I meant where do i
>>>>> >                 configure it? I tried but my syslog-ng doesn't
>>>>> >                 recognizing this option i have syslog-ng 3.3.7  could
>>>>> >                 you give me example where and how do i check whether
>>>>> >                 it is supported or not
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                 On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 2:12 AM, Balazs Scheidler
>>>>> >                 <bazsi77 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >                         This looks.like the format that should be
>>>>> >                         supported by indented-multi-line
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                         On Jul 5, 2013 9:33 PM, "Satish Patel"
>>>>> >                         <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >                                 Here is my tomcat catalina.out log
>>>>> >                                 file sample. See there is a tab space
>>>>> >                                 in logs
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                 2013-06-27 05:30:00,065
>>>>> >                                 [EDISN-Scheduler_Worker-2] ERROR
>>>>> >                                 com.example.edisn.sftp.SftpSession -
>>>>> >                                 Exception attempting to work with an
>>>>> >                                 SFTP Session: connection is closed by
>>>>> >                                 foreign host
>>>>> >                                 2013-06-27 05:30:00,066
>>>>> >                                 [EDISN-Scheduler_Worker-2] ERROR
>>>>> >                                 org.quartz.core.JobRunShell - Job
>>>>> >                                 EDISN.CTMS_Upload threw an unhandled
>>>>> >                                 Exception:
>>>>> >
>>>>> com.example.edisn.EdisnRuntimeException: Exception attempting to work with
>>>>> an SFTP Session: connection is closed by foreign host
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >
>>>>> com.example.edisn.sftp.SftpSession.doSession(SftpSession.java:64)
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >
>>>>> com.example.edisn.EdisnSession.exec(EdisnSession.java:13)
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >
>>>>> com.example.ctms.CtmsScheduledJob.executeInternal(CtmsScheduledJob.java:27)
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >
>>>>> org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.QuartzJobBean.execute(QuartzJobBean.java:86)
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >
>>>>> org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:202)
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >                                 org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool
>>>>> >
>>>>> $WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:525)
>>>>> >                                 Caused by:
>>>>> >                                 com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException:
>>>>> >                                 connection is closed by foreign host
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >
>>>>> com.jcraft.jsch.Session.connect(Unknown Source)
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >
>>>>> com.jcraft.jsch.Session.connect(Unknown Source)
>>>>> >                                         at
>>>>> >
>>>>> com.example.edisn.sftp.SftpSession.doSession(SftpSession.java:45)
>>>>> >                                         ... 5 more
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                 On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:27 PM,
>>>>> Balazs
>>>>> >                                 Scheidler <bazsi77 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >                                         No, I implemented a different
>>>>> >                                         multiline style support first
>>>>> >                                         (that is not in pe), where
>>>>> >                                         continuation lines are
>>>>> >                                         indicated by indentation,
>>>>> like
>>>>> >                                         mime.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                         Iirc tomcat has this kind of
>>>>> >                                         log file. Can you show a
>>>>> >                                         sample log entry?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                         The infrastructure for
>>>>> >                                         multiline-prefix is also
>>>>> there
>>>>> >                                         but not added yet.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                         Let me see the sample, I'll
>>>>> >                                         tell if the current solution
>>>>> >                                         works or not.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                         On Jul 5, 2013 8:24 PM,
>>>>> >                                         "Satish Patel"
>>>>> >                                         <satish.txt at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >                                                 Thanks for reply
>>>>> >                                                 Balazs,
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                                 You mean say this
>>>>> >                                                 feature is available
>>>>> >                                                 in Open Source
>>>>> Edition
>>>>> >                                                 (OSE) 3.4? Once after
>>>>> >                                                 specifying flag
>>>>> >                                                 "indented-multi-line"
>>>>> >                                                 i can use
>>>>> >                                                 multi-line-prefix?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                                 On Fri, Jul 5, 2013
>>>>> at
>>>>> >                                                 1:26 PM, Balazs
>>>>> >                                                 Scheidler
>>>>> >                                                 <bazsi77 at gmail.com>
>>>>> >                                                 wrote:
>>>>> >                                                         You have
>>>>> found
>>>>> >                                                         the PE
>>>>> >                                                         documentation
>>>>> >                                                         but I have
>>>>> >                                                         already
>>>>> ported
>>>>> >                                                         this to the
>>>>> >                                                         OSE tree and
>>>>> >                                                         has been
>>>>> >                                                         released as
>>>>> >                                                         part of 3.4.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                                         You have to
>>>>> >                                                         specify
>>>>> >
>>>>> indented-multi-line as a flag to the file source.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                                         On Jul 5,
>>>>> 2013
>>>>> >                                                         6:28 PM,
>>>>> >                                                         "Satish
>>>>> Patel"
>>>>> >                                                         <
>>>>> satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                                                 We
>>>>> >                                                                 have
>>>>> >
>>>>> tomcat
>>>>> >                                                                 shop
>>>>> >                                                                 and
>>>>> at
>>>>> >
>>>>> everyone know tomcat has a java call trace in logs with tab space but
>>>>> syslog-ng doesn't know about it and printing lines as a new line. I have
>>>>> read here syslog-ng 3.x does support multi-line logs
>>>>> http://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-pe-4.0-guides/en/syslog-ng-pe-v4.0-guide-admin-en/html/reference_source_syslog.html
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >                                                                 But
>>>>> >                                                                 does
>>>>> >                                                                 this
>>>>> >
>>>>> feature available in Open Source syslog-ng? If yes then why its not working
>>>>> for me?
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