The version of rsyslog is 4.2.0-2ubuntu8.1 from Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS and I don't believe we are using TLS.
ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace looks promising. On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 10:58 -0600, Lu, Victor wrote: > David, > > You did not mention about which version of rsyslog collector you are using > and whether tls is used for communication and on what OS platforms. During my > testing on RHEL 5 and 6, I found the disk files are not going away only with > TLS on a lower version rsyslog collector. However the rest of them are > working fine. > > Regarding the amount of files in the queue directory, The following two > tokens control the queue file size and number of files to be created. When > the maximum queue disk space is reached, the new arrived messages will be > discarded, so the number of files will not grow. > > ActionQueueMaxFileSize > ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace > > Hope it helps. > > Victor > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:43 AM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Rsyslog spool files not going away > > The current file for each disk assisted queue will remain, once the DA thread > has been initiated. Multiple files *for the same queue* should not remain. > > Hth rainer > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Bristow > > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 7:11 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [rsyslog] Rsyslog spool files not going away > > > > When we have a connectivity problem and clients start to spool to the: > > > > $WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog > > > > the total amount of files in that directory can grow pretty big. When > > connectivity resumes, however, it does not seem like those spool files > > go away. > > > > Is this expected? > > > > -- > > David Bristow <[email protected]> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rsyslog mailing list > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > http://www.rsyslog.com > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com -- David Bristow <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
