2015-07-10 13:40 GMT+02:00 Gerhardus Geldenhuis <[email protected]>: > Hi > I am struggling a bit to get rsyslog to work as described. > > <rant> > Firstly the documentation is a struggle. There is some reference to old and > new style configuration but no clear differentiation between the two. What > makes it more confusing is that documents like > http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/queues.html then refers to what looks like the > old style of config and none of the examples contains new syntax examples. > > There was also an expectation that the new rsyslog package would install a > new style config but that turned out to be not the case. I deleted the > config file and did a yum reinstall just to be sure. > </rant>
well, this is open source. Pull requests are always appreciated, anything else happens as time permits ;) > > OS: CentOS 7 > RSyslog: > rsyslog-8.11.0-1.el7.x86_64 > rsyslog-relp-8.11.0-1.el7.x86_64 > rsyslog-gnutls-8.11.0-1.el7.x86_64 > > So basically what I am trying to achieve is the following: > > - Log remotely to a rsyslog server > - Turn off the remote server ( via firewall ) > - Have logs be cached locally and saved to disk > - Restart client server > - Turn remote server back on > - See cached logs appear in the remote server > > It does not work... > > - So more specifically, if I turn the firewall off, log a few messages > and turn it back on then the caching works and I get the messages. > - If however I restart the client server, the logs never make it to the > remote sever, I can see the logs in the cached file but it does not get > send to the remote server. > > My config on the client: > #### MODULES #### > module(load="imuxsock") # provides support for local system logging (e.g. > via logger command) > module(load="imklog") # provides kernel logging support (previously done > by rklogd) > > #### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES #### > $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf > > #### RULES #### > > *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages > authpriv.* /var/log/secure > mail.* /var/log/maillog > cron.* /var/log/cron > *.emerg :omusrmsg:* > uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler > local7.* /var/log/boot.log > > # ### begin forwarding rule ### > $WorkDirectory /var/lib/rsyslog # where to place spool files > $MainMsgQueueFileName LocalCaching # unique name prefix for spool files > $MainMsgQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save messages to disk on shutdown > # $MainMsgQueueType LinkedList > $MainMsgQueueType Disk > $MainMsgResumeRetryCount -1 # infinite retries if host is down > > *.* @@192.168.8.253:514 > > # ### end of the forwarding rule ### > > My config on the remote server: > module(load="imuxsock") # provides support for local system logging (e.g. > via logger command) > module(load="imklog") # provides kernel logging support (previously done > by rklogd) > module(load="imtcp") # needs to be done just once > input(type="imtcp" port="514") > $ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat > $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf > *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages > authpriv.* /var/log/secure > mail.* /var/log/maillog > cron.* /var/log/cron > *.emerg :omusrmsg:* > uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler > local7.* > > Any pointers would be appreciated. I am hoping I am missing something > obvious or misunderstanding what I am suppose to be doing. > You should run rsyslog in such a situation in debug mode.From the debug log, we can see why it thinks it can't deliver to the remote system (well, hopefully ;)). HTH Rainer > Regards > > -- > Gerhardus Geldenhuis > _______________________________________________ > 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.
