Absolutely. Rsyslog has statistics counters via the impstats module; you can process the log lines it generates to determine the health of the rsyslog instance, including individual queues, drop rates, forwarding rates, etc.
See: http://www.rsyslog.com/rsyslog-statistic-counter/ http://www.rsyslog.com/how-to-use-impstats/ -- Dave Caplinger, Director of Architecture | Ph: (402) 361-3063 | Solutionary — An NTT Group Security Company > On Nov 18, 2014, at 6:46 AM, Damian <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm trying to determine whether it's possible to monitor the health of an > rsyslog daemon running as a forwarder. > ie. If I'm running it as a component in a logging service, how do I check the > event rates, or know it's not losing events or queuing incoming data. Are > there any 'self-monitoring' events that I can generate and forward from it, > in order to keep an eye on its health? > Thanks! > > Damo > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
