[syslog-ng] Unbale to mount syslog-ng.conf to /etc/syslog-ng using docker image

László Várady laszlo.varady at balabit.com
Fri May 25 16:01:09 UTC 2018


Hi Mujeeb,

Something weird happened when you executed

docker run -it -v "$PWD"/syslog-ng.conf:/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
--name syslog-ng -p 514:514 -p 601:601 balabit/syslog-ng:latest

for the first time, so I would like to ask you to start from a clean
environment.

- You've made sure that /home/smb/code/conf/syslog-ng.conf exists on your
host and it is a file.

- In the original balabit/syslog-ng image, /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf is
also a file, so the mount should work.

Please run the following commands:

1. docker rm syslog-ng

2. docker rmi balabit/syslog-ng

3. docker pull balabit/syslog-ng

And finally, what you actually wanted to run:

4. docker run -it -v
/home/smb/code/conf/syslog-ng.conf:/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
--name syslog-ng -p 514:514 -p 601:601 balabit/syslog-ng:latest

If you still experience problems after this, please send us the output of
"docker volume ls".

One more question:
Is it possible that "/home/smb/code/conf/" is a mounted network filesystem
(NFS, SMB)?

--
László Várady

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 5:33 PM Mujeeb Baig <baig.mujeeb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Laci,
>
> It runs fine
> root at hdata3:/home/smb/code/conf# file /home/smb/code/conf/syslog-ng.conf
> /home/smb/code/conf/syslog-ng.conf: ASCII text
>
> Regards
> Mujeeb
>
> On 25 May 2018 at 16:20, Szemere, László <laszlo.szemere at balabit.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>  Thank you for the output. Can you run the
>>
>> *file /home/smb/code/conf/syslog-ng.conf*
>>
>>  command on your HOST machine?
>>
>>
>> Br,
>> Laci
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 5:04 PM, Mujeeb Baig <baig.mujeeb at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It is locating the source correctly, this is what I see under 'Mounts'
>>> section of inspect
>>>
>>>         "Mounts": [
>>>             {
>>>                 "Type": "bind",
>>>                 "Source": "/home/smb/code/conf/syslog-ng.conf",
>>>                 "Destination": "/1234",
>>>                 "Mode": "",
>>>                 "RW": true,
>>>                 "Propagation": "rprivate"
>>>             }
>>>         ],
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25 May 2018 at 15:57, Szemere, László <laszlo.szemere at balabit.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>  From the Docker documentation:
>>>> https://docs.docker.com/v17.09/engine/admin/volumes/bind-mounts/#differences-between--v-and---mount-behavior
>>>>
>>>> If you use -v or --volume to bind-mount a file or directory that does
>>>>> not yet exist on the Docker host, -v will create the endpoint for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> *It is always created as a directory.*If you use --mount to
>>>>> bind-mount a file or directory that does not yet exist on the Docker host,
>>>>> Docker does *not* automatically create it for you, but generates an
>>>>> error.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  It looks like docker daemon still can not find your file
>>>> *"$PWD"/syslog-ng.conf* and creates a directory instead.
>>>>  Instead of heavy debugging, I suggest to run *docker inspect
>>>> syslog-ng* to see what path was actually mounted by the docker daemon.
>>>> You should see something like this in the output:
>>>>
>>>>  "Mounts": [
>>>>>             {
>>>>>                 "Type": "bind",
>>>>>                 "Source": "XXX/syslog-ng.conf",
>>>>>                 "Destination": "/1234",
>>>>>                 "Mode": "",
>>>>>                 "RW": true,
>>>>>                 "Propagation": "rprivate"
>>>>>             }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Once we have the actual mounted path, it will be easier to figure out
>>>> why the docker daemon can not find your original config file.
>>>>
>>>> Br,
>>>> Laci
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Mujeeb Baig <baig.mujeeb at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your response. Yes the path is correct
>>>>>
>>>>> When I execute with host location as /1234 it creates the container,
>>>>> but nothing inside /1234 folder
>>>>>
>>>>> root at hdata3:/home/smb/code/conf# docker run -it -v
>>>>> "$PWD"/syslog-ng.conf:/1234  --name syslog-ng   -p 514:514 -p 601:601
>>>>>  balabit/syslog-ng:latest
>>>>> syslog-ng: Error setting capabilities, capability management disabled;
>>>>> error='Operation not permitted'
>>>>> [2018-05-25T14:12:15.695588] WARNING: Configuration file format is too
>>>>> old, syslog-ng is running in compatibility mode. Please update it to use
>>>>> the syslog-ng 3.14 format at your time of convenience. To upgrade the
>>>>> configuration, please review the warnings about incompatible changes
>>>>> printed by syslog-ng, and once completed change the @version header at the
>>>>> top of the configuration file.;
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can see inside the container that  /etc/syslog-ng/ this folder is
>>>>> not updated
>>>>>
>>>>> root at hdata3:/home/smb# docker exec -ti syslog-ng /bin/bash
>>>>> root at d634d32aee4c:/#
>>>>> root at d634d32aee4c:/# ls -l /1234/
>>>>> total 0
>>>>> root at d634d32aee4c:/#
>>>>> root at d634d32aee4c:/# ls -l /sy/etcslog-ng/
>>>>> conf.d/         patterndb.d/    scl.conf        syslog-ng.conf
>>>>> root at d634d32aee4c:/# ls -lrt /etc/syslog-ng/
>>>>> total 12
>>>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 5910 Feb 23 13:17 syslog-ng.conf
>>>>> drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Mar  2 12:58 conf.d
>>>>> drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root    6 Mar  2 12:58 patterndb.d
>>>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1336 Mar  2 12:58 scl.conf
>>>>> root at d634d32aee4c:/#
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 25 May 2018 at 13:31, Mitzki, András <andras.mitzki at balabit.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Mujeeb,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe the problem is with the config file path:
>>>>>> "/home/smb/code/conf/syslog-ng.conf"
>>>>>> Could you check that path is correct?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Mujeeb Baig <baig.mujeeb at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is my first trial of syslog-ng. I've tried to start syslog-ng
>>>>>>> just like described on the official bolg page
>>>>>>> https://syslog-ng.com/blog/central-log-server-docker/
>>>>>>> https://syslog-ng.com/blog/collecting-docker-infrastructure-logs-using-syslog-ng/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am starting docker container as:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> docker run -it -v
>>>>>>> "$PWD"/syslog-ng.conf:/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf --name syslog-ng -p
>>>>>>> 514:514 -p 601:601 balabit/syslog-ng:latest
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But unfortunately it is failing to mount my custom (local)
>>>>>>> configuration file from source to host, complaining about mounting a
>>>>>>> directory onto file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Error:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> docker: Error response from daemon: OCI runtime create failed:
>>>>>>> container_linux.go:348: starting container process caused
>>>>>>> "process_linux.go:402: container init caused \"rootfs_linux.go:58: mounting
>>>>>>> \\"/home/smb/code/conf/syslog-ng.conf\\" to rootfs
>>>>>>> \\"/var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/52d32f854a030b396b03e7596ab5d71eb1a18f34a09d5e4997c437568749b259/rootfs\\"
>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>> \\"/var/lib/docker/devicemapper/mnt/52d32f854a030b396b03e7596ab5d71eb1a18f34a09d5e4997c437568749b259/rootfs/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf\\"
>>>>>>> caused \\"not a directory\\"\"": unknown: Are you trying to mount a
>>>>>>> directory onto a file (or vice-versa)? Check if the specified host path
>>>>>>> exists and is the expected type.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am I missing something?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please let me know
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mujeeb
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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