[syslog-ng] need help to configure

Harsha S Aryan harsha.s.aryan at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 12:22:40 CET 2015


hi,

i am getting below error

reading config file /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:1 lines must begin with a keyword or a
filename (possibly in double quotes)
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:11 unknown option 'options' --
ignoring line
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:11 unexpected text
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:12 unknown option 'flush' -- ignoring
line
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:12 unexpected text
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:13 unknown option 'time' -- ignoring
line
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:13 unexpected text
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:14 unknown option 'log' -- ignoring
line
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:14 unexpected text
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:15 unknown option 'long' -- ignoring
line
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:15 unexpected text
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:16 unknown option 'use' -- ignoring
line
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:16 unexpected text
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:17 unknown option 'use' -- ignoring
line
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:17 unexpected text
error: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:18 unknown user '_dirs'
removing last 0 log configs


On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Czanik, Péter <peter.czanik at balabit.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The "quick start" chapter is the simple part, showing just the basic
> concepts.
>
> We also have a dedicated "quick start guide" for syslog-ng Premium
> Edition:
> https://www.balabit.com/documents/syslog-ng-pe-5.0-guides/en/syslog-ng-pe-guide-quickstart/html-single/index.html
> but some of the mentioned features might not be available in syslog-ng Open
> Source Edition.
>
> Bye,
>
> Peter Czanik (CzP) <peter.czanik at balabit.com>
> Balabit / syslog-ng upstream
> http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/
> https://twitter.com/PCzanik
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Harsha S Aryan <harsha.s.aryan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> it is really a big data what you have provided,
>> is there any simple document?
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Czanik, Péter <peter.czanik at balabit.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Take a look at the "Quick start" chapter of the admin guide! It's
>>> available at
>>> https://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-3.7-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-v3.7-guide-admin/html-single/index.html#chapter-quickstart
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>>
>>> Peter Czanik (CzP) <peter.czanik at balabit.com>
>>> Balabit / syslog-ng upstream
>>> http://czanik.blogs.balabit.com/
>>> https://twitter.com/PCzanik
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Harsha S Aryan <
>>> harsha.s.aryan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi,
>>>>
>>>> i am looking to configure syslog-ng in my system can any one let me
>>>> know how to configure and add client (some linux servers and router)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Rehards,
>>>> Harsha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________________________________________
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>>>> Documentation:
>>>> http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________________________
>>> Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng
>>> Documentation:
>>> http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng
>>> FAQ: http://www.balabit.com/wiki/syslog-ng-faq
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rehards,
>> Harsha
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________________
>> Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng
>> Documentation:
>> http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng
>> FAQ: http://www.balabit.com/wiki/syslog-ng-faq
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng
> Documentation:
> http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng
> FAQ: http://www.balabit.com/wiki/syslog-ng-faq
>
>
>


-- 
Rehards,
Harsha
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