I too would like to optionally use /dev/log instead of a network connection. Less overhead...
Wout. On Dec 14, 2011, at 16:43 , Michele Mazzucco wrote: > Hello everybody, > > > I am trying to configure haproxy to run on Mac OS X, but I am unable to write > logs using syslog. > > I have modified the syslog configuration according to > > http://superuser.com/questions/131578/how-do-you-enable-syslogd-to-accept-incoming-connections-on-snow-leopard-from-re > > and > > http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110724103552640 > > in order to accept incoming network connections, and I have restarted the > syslog daemon, howver I have only succeeded in printing lines such as > > > Dec 14 16:47:36 Albook sudo[6245]: michele : TTY=ttys001 ; > PWD=/Users/michele/devel/haproxy-1.4.18 ; USER=root ; COMMAND=./haproxy -f > config_dec_14.cfg -d > > > > when haproxy starts. > > My configuration, after stripping many options (stats, timeouts, etc.), is > the following: > > global > log 172.17.36.220 local2 > > defaults > mode http > log global > option httplog > > listen http-in > option httplog > option forceclose > bind *:80 > server server1 127.0.0.1:8002 maxconn 32 > > > My /etc/syslog.conf contains the following line > local2.* /var/log/haproxy.log > > > Is my configuration file wrong or the problem is elsewhere? > > > Thanks, > Michele > > >

