Any ideas ? El Fatayri Anwar
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:52:51 +0100 > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Rsyslog 5.8.10 & 7.4.10 : RELP + Failover Servers Issue > > So is this a bug ? The messages generated while rsyslog is switching to the > secondary server are lost ? > > El Fatayri Anwar > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:34:51 +0100 > > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Rsyslog 5.8.10 & 7.4.10 : RELP + Failover Servers > > Issue > > > > same problem with 8.4.2 > > > > El Fatayri Anwar > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:01:12 +0100 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Rsyslog 5.8.10 & 7.4.10 : RELP + Failover Servers > > > Issue > > > > > > Can you reproduce this with the currently supported 8.4.2 version? > > > > > > 2014-10-31 11:33 GMT+01:00 Anwar El fatayri <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > Hey David, > > > > I've already tried to set it ($ActionResumeRetryCount) to default (0) > > > > and > > > > 1 with both versions (5.8.10 & 7.4.10) but the problem wasn't solved > > > > ---> > > > > it doesn't switch ... > > > > > > > > El Fatayri Anwar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 03:08:37 -0700 > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Rsyslog 5.8.10 & 7.4.10 : RELP + Failover > > > > > Servers > > > > Issue > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 31 Oct 2014, Anwar El fatayri wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I wish to have the following centralized logging system : > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) all rsyslog clients should send their logs to a primary server > > > > > > over > > > > RELP > > > > > > 2) If the primary server goes down, rsyslog clients should switch > > > > > > to a > > > > secondary rsyslog-RELP server > > > > > > Config File : > > > > > > $ModLoad omrelp > > > > > > > > > > > > ### First Part ###$WorkDirectory /var/log/spool # where to place > > > > > > spool > > > > files$ActionQueueFileName fwdrelp # unique name prefix for spool > > > > files$ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace 1g # 1gb space limit (use as much as > > > > possible)$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save messages to disk on > > > > shutdown$ActionQueueType LinkedList # run > > > > asynchronously$ActionResumeRetryCount -1 # infinite retries if host > > > > is > > > > down > > > > > > ### Second Part ###*.* > > > > :omrelp:logserver01:6514$ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended on& > > > > :omrelp:logserver02:6514& > > > > /var/log/localbuffer.log$ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended off > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, when the primary server goes down, spool files are being > > > > generated and syslog flux is never redirected to the secondary server > > > > ==> > > > > The rsyslog client is waiting for the primary server to goes up again in > > > > order to resend spool files. > > > > > > Trying to delete the first part of the config file and use only the > > > > second one solved a part of the problem ==> Failover works and rsyslog > > > > automatically switches between its two destination. However Disk-based > > > > buffering is not configured anymore and some messages are lost during > > > > the > > > > switching process. > > > > > > I've tested on both 5.8.10 and 7.4.10. > > > > > > Any ideas ? > > > > > > > > > > when you tell it to make infinite tries to deliver the messages to a > > > > server, it > > > > > never fails, so it's not going to fail over to the secondary server. > > > > > You > > > > need to > > > > > set a limit to the retries. > > > > > > > > > > David Lang > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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. 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