[syslog-ng] syslog-ng 3.5

Thu Oct 11 14:43:33 UTC 2018

Dear Rodney Bizzel,

 if you start syslog-ng with the following options:
  -F (foreground)
  -d (debug)
  -e (stderr)
  -v (verbose)
it will provide a verbosed information during the startup. It will help a
lot to figure out the root cause of the problem.

Note: If you have the option to update your syslog-ng version: Since 3.15.1
(PR: https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/pull/1932) syslog-ng will point
out the exact location of syntax errors.

Br,
Laci

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 3:38 PM, Rodney Bizzell <hardworker30 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It isn't starting up at all once I add those changes to the config it says
> invalid syntax
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:22 AM Szemere, László <
> laszlo.szemere at oneidentity.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Rodney Bizzell,
>>  sorry for the misunderstanding, now it is clear for us, that you
>> anonymised your config. just a note: it is preferable to use different
>> masking addresses for different original IP's. i.e.: I can not check this
>> source: "udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));"
>>
>>  Back to your problem. It is not clear for me what do you mean by "once changes
>> are made syslog-ng is failing"
>>  It is not starting up at all? Or just not forwarding logs to your
>> Graylog server?
>>
>> Br,
>> Laci
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Rodney Bizzell <hardworker30 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I just changed my information on my graylog box 0.0.0.0 isn't what I had
>>> in there.  The way the config is did that look syntax correctly
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 12:26 AM Péter, Kókai <peter.kokai at oneidentity.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> If you starg syslogng with -Fe it might give you a clue.
>>>> Also 0.0.0.0 is a no - routable address, so it is fine for source, not
>>>> so much for destination, you should check out on which ip graylog
>>>> listening, if it is 0.0.0.0 you could use the loopback device 120.0.0.1 (or
>>>> other valid ip, but lo would be preferable).
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Kokan
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2018, 10:57 pm Rodney Bizzell, <hardworker30 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have install syslog-ng 3.5 and I am configuring it to send all logs
>>>>> to Graylog but once changes are made syslog-ng is failing. I change the
>>>>> address of graylog server to 0.0.0.0
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> @version:3.5
>>>>> @include "scl.conf"
>>>>>
>>>>> # syslog-ng configuration file.
>>>>> #
>>>>> # This should behave pretty much like the original syslog on RedHat.
>>>>> But
>>>>> # it could be configured a lot smarter.
>>>>> #
>>>>> # See syslog-ng(8) and syslog-ng.conf(5) for more information.
>>>>> #
>>>>> # Note: it also sources additional configuration files (*.conf)
>>>>> #       located in /etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/
>>>>>
>>>>> options {
>>>>>     flush_lines (0);
>>>>>     time_reopen (10);
>>>>>     log_fifo_size (1000);
>>>>>     chain_hostnames (off);
>>>>>     use_dns (no);
>>>>>     use_fqdn (no);
>>>>>     create_dirs (no);
>>>>>     keep_hostname (yes);
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> source s_sys {
>>>>>     system();
>>>>>     internal();
>>>>>      udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> source s_net {
>>>>> udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));
>>>>> tcp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514) max-connections(256));
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> destination d_cons { file("/dev/console"); };
>>>>> destination d_mesg { file("/var/log/messages"); };
>>>>> destination d_auth { file("/var/log/secure"); };
>>>>> destination d_mail { file("/var/log/maillog" flush_lines(10)); };
>>>>> destination d_spol { file("/var/log/spooler"); };
>>>>> destination d_boot { file("/var/log/boot.log"); };
>>>>> destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); };
>>>>> destination d_kern { file("/var/log/kern"); };
>>>>> destination d_mlal { usertty("*"); };
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> destination d_graylog {
>>>>> tcp("0.0.0.0"
>>>>> port (12201)
>>>>> spoof_sources(yes)
>>>>> );
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> filter f_kernel     { facility(kern); };
>>>>> filter f_default    { level(info..emerg) and
>>>>>                         not (facility(mail)
>>>>>                         or facility(authpriv)
>>>>>                         or facility(cron)); };
>>>>> filter f_auth       { facility(authpriv); };
>>>>> filter f_mail       { facility(mail); };
>>>>> filter f_emergency  { level(emerg); };
>>>>> filter f_news       { facility(uucp) or
>>>>>                         (facility(news)
>>>>>                         and level(crit..emerg)); };
>>>>> filter f_boot   { facility(local7); };
>>>>> filter f_cron   { facility(cron); };
>>>>>
>>>>> #log { source(s_sys); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_cons); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_kern); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_default); destination(d_mesg); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_auth); destination(d_auth); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_mail); destination(d_mail); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_emergency); destination(d_mlal); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_news); destination(d_spol); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_boot); destination(d_boot); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_cron); destination(d_cron); };
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> log { source(s_net); destination(d_graylog); };
>>>>> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_default); destination(d_graylog);};
>>>>>
>>>>> # Source additional configuration files (.conf extension only)
>>>>> @include "/etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/*.conf"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> # vim:ft=syslog-ng:ai:si:ts=4:sw=4:et:
>>>>>
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