2016-05-24 17:10 GMT+02:00 Thomas Güttler <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > I have some remote hosts which can't connect to our central host. > > Up to now we do dirty file based fetching of log files. > > This has a major draw back: > > - If logrotate runs, then some lines could get lost.
If you first move the file and only after that HUP rsyslogd, no lines will get lost. The other way around can loose messages. Rsyslog keeps the fd open (fd != file name) until HUP, so will write to the moved files until HUP. HTH Rainer > > Is there a way to handle logs with rsyslogd which > don't loose a single line, and which allow **fetching** > the logs (not pushing/streaming) them? > > Regards, > Thomas Güttler > > -- > Thomas Guettler http://www.thomas-guettler.de/ > _______________________________________________ > 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.
