Re: [asterisk-users] Problems sending log to rsyslog
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Gareth Blades mailinglist+aster...@dns99.co.uk wrote: On 26/09/13 15:25, Mauricio Tavares wrote: So I have asterisk 1.8.23 and want to send my logs to rsyslog. I tell asterisk to use syslog in addition to messages: root@voip:~# tail -10 /etc/asterisk/logger.conf ;debug = debug console = notice,warning,error ;console = notice,warning,error,debug messages = notice,warning,error ;full = notice,warning,error,debug,verbose,dtmf,fax ;syslog keyword : This special keyword logs to syslog facility ; syslog.local0 = notice,warning,error ; root@voip:~# After reloading (asterisk -rx 'logger reload') the logger, it seems that Asterisk is happy: root@voip:~# asterisk -rx 'logger show channels' Channel Type StatusConfiguration --- --- syslog.local0 Syslog Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR /var/log/asterisk/messages File Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR Console Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR root@voip:~# So I set rsyslog: root@voip:~# fgrep asterisk /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf local0.* /var/log/asterisk/messages.log root@voip:~# and restart it. And then check the asterisk log directory: root@voip:~# ls -lh /var/log/asterisk/ total 3.7M drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Jul 22 20:57 cdr-csv drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Jun 28 14:16 cdr-custom -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 252K Sep 26 09:37 messages -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 248K Sep 22 05:14 messages.1 -rw-r- 1 syslog adm 0 Sep 26 06:47 messages.log -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 118 Sep 26 10:07 queue_log root@voip:~# It does not seem like much is being written to messages.log compared to messages. Anything I missed? Have you checked the /var/log/asterisk directory permissions? I dont know how rsyslog is setup on your system but its possible it gets started as root, sees the destination file doesnt exist so creates it and sets the file permissions, and then drops down to running as the syslog user. At this point it doesnt have write permission to the /var/log/asterisk directory so cannot append to the file. And you were absolutely right: root@voip:~# sudo -u syslog touch /var/log/asterisk/my_nose touch: cannot touch `/var/log/asterisk/my_nose': Permission denied root@voip:~# ls -lhd /var/log/asterisk drwxr-xr-x 4 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Sep 26 10:10 /var/log/asterisk root@voip:~# getent group asterisk asterisk:x:114:www-data root@voip:~# So, I decided to be lazy and add syslog to the asterisk group: root@voip:~# id syslog uid=101(syslog) gid=103(syslog) groups=114(asterisk),103(syslog) root@voip:~# chmod g+w /var/log/asterisk root@voip:~# sudo -u syslog touch /var/log/asterisk/my_nose root@voip:~# Thanks! -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Problems sending log to rsyslog
So I have asterisk 1.8.23 and want to send my logs to rsyslog. I tell asterisk to use syslog in addition to messages: root@voip:~# tail -10 /etc/asterisk/logger.conf ;debug = debug console = notice,warning,error ;console = notice,warning,error,debug messages = notice,warning,error ;full = notice,warning,error,debug,verbose,dtmf,fax ;syslog keyword : This special keyword logs to syslog facility ; syslog.local0 = notice,warning,error ; root@voip:~# After reloading (asterisk -rx 'logger reload') the logger, it seems that Asterisk is happy: root@voip:~# asterisk -rx 'logger show channels' Channel Type StatusConfiguration --- --- syslog.local0 Syslog Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR /var/log/asterisk/messages File Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR Console Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR root@voip:~# So I set rsyslog: root@voip:~# fgrep asterisk /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf local0.* /var/log/asterisk/messages.log root@voip:~# and restart it. And then check the asterisk log directory: root@voip:~# ls -lh /var/log/asterisk/ total 3.7M drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Jul 22 20:57 cdr-csv drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Jun 28 14:16 cdr-custom -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 252K Sep 26 09:37 messages -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 248K Sep 22 05:14 messages.1 -rw-r- 1 syslog adm 0 Sep 26 06:47 messages.log -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 118 Sep 26 10:07 queue_log root@voip:~# It does not seem like much is being written to messages.log compared to messages. Anything I missed? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Problems sending log to rsyslog
On 26/09/13 15:25, Mauricio Tavares wrote: So I have asterisk 1.8.23 and want to send my logs to rsyslog. I tell asterisk to use syslog in addition to messages: root@voip:~# tail -10 /etc/asterisk/logger.conf ;debug = debug console = notice,warning,error ;console = notice,warning,error,debug messages = notice,warning,error ;full = notice,warning,error,debug,verbose,dtmf,fax ;syslog keyword : This special keyword logs to syslog facility ; syslog.local0 = notice,warning,error ; root@voip:~# After reloading (asterisk -rx 'logger reload') the logger, it seems that Asterisk is happy: root@voip:~# asterisk -rx 'logger show channels' Channel Type StatusConfiguration --- --- syslog.local0 Syslog Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR /var/log/asterisk/messages File Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR Console Enabled- NOTICE WARNING ERROR root@voip:~# So I set rsyslog: root@voip:~# fgrep asterisk /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf local0.* /var/log/asterisk/messages.log root@voip:~# and restart it. And then check the asterisk log directory: root@voip:~# ls -lh /var/log/asterisk/ total 3.7M drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Jul 22 20:57 cdr-csv drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Jun 28 14:16 cdr-custom -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 252K Sep 26 09:37 messages -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 248K Sep 22 05:14 messages.1 -rw-r- 1 syslog adm 0 Sep 26 06:47 messages.log -rw-rw 1 asterisk asterisk 118 Sep 26 10:07 queue_log root@voip:~# It does not seem like much is being written to messages.log compared to messages. Anything I missed? Have you checked the /var/log/asterisk directory permissions? I dont know how rsyslog is setup on your system but its possible it gets started as root, sees the destination file doesnt exist so creates it and sets the file permissions, and then drops down to running as the syslog user. At this point it doesnt have write permission to the /var/log/asterisk directory so cannot append to the file. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
