[syslog-ng] syslog-ng 3.5

Rodney Bizzell hardworker30 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 11 19:37:57 UTC 2018


Should I make a change to the config

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:25 PM Szemere, László <
laszlo.szemere at oneidentity.com> wrote:

> Dear Rodney Bizzell,
>  I started a freshly built syslog-ng from the latest revision from the OSE
> master with your config (I used dbld for this.), and it immediatelly
> pointed out one syntax error:
>
> Error parsing afsocket, inner-dest plugin spoof_sources not found in
> /source/syslog-ng.conf:
> 45
> 46
> 47      destination d_graylog {
> 48      tcp("0.0.0.0"
> 49      port (12201)
> 50----> spoof_sources(yes)
> 50----> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 51      );
> 52      };
> 53
> 54
> 55      filter f_kernel     { facility(kern); };
>
> Since you did not provided any error message/output from your instance, I
> can not investigate it any further currently.
>
> If you encounter any other issue, please try to provide as many
> information as you can. Including at least the:
>  - platform
>  - syslog-ng version
>  - installation source (custom built, OBS repository, etc...)
>  - configuration
>  - output from syslog-ng
>  - network setup (if the problem can not be reproduced with the loopback
> interface only)
>
>
> Br,
> Laci
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Rodney Bizzell <hardworker30 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok I have 3.5 syslog-ng
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 10:43 AM Szemere, László <
>> laszlo.szemere at oneidentity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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