iptables block setting didn't work for some reason. As a alternative testing, I stopped rsylogd on the remote server and the logs were queued on the client as expected. I started rsyslog on the remote server once the disk queue on the client is filled up. I did see the queue files were flushed to the remote server once rsyslog is back to service. So this seems to be related to rsyslog configuration change.
On the other hand, as I noted in the first report, when I changed rsyslog configuration before disk space limit is reached, the queued files were flushed to the remote server without issues. We need the initial startup logs to be queued before remote logging server is set. Switching from invalid IP to valid IP in rsyslog configuration was chosen to meet this requirement. Thanks, On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:56 AM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 8 May 2013, Fajun Chen wrote: > > I upgraded ubuntu rsyslog to 7.3.14 and still got the same issue. >> >> My test procedure: >> Clean log file. Set remote host IP to 127.255.255.1 (invalid IP) in >> rsyslog >> conf. service rsyslog restart followed by logger in a loop. The disk queue >> files are buffered but are limited to 96M overall. Set remote host IP to >> valid IP. service rsyslog restart. I expect the queued files to be flushed >> to the remote host but these files are still in the queuing directory. >> > > This may be a silly thought, but the fact that you are changing the > configuration between these two steps could be part of the problem. > > I would suggest that instead of changing the config to enable/disable > sending the logs that you instead keep the rsyslog config the same and set > iptables rules to block and unblock the communications. > > David Lang > > ______________________________**_________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/**mailman/listinfo/rsyslog<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog> > http://www.rsyslog.com/**professional-services/<http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/> > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
