On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM Timothy M Butterworth <
timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM Timothy M Butterworth <
> timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM Timothy M Butterworth <
>> timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> All,
>>>
>>> I modified /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf to the following:
>>>
>>> ########################
>>> # Sources
>>> ########################
>>> # Add the following line
>>> source s_net { tcp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514) max-connections (5000)); udp();
>>> };
>>>
>>> ########################
>>> # Destinations
>>> ########################
>>> # comment out the following line - if two d_syslog entries are present
>>> syslog-ng will fail to start.
>>> # destination d_syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); };
>>>
>>> # Add the following line
>>> # Remote syslog collection
>>> destination d_syslog { file("/var/log/remotelogs/$HOST/syslog"); };
>>>
>>> # Create RemoteLogs Directory
>>>
>>> mkdir /var/log/remotelogs
>>>
>>> ls -la /var/log/
>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 12 17:32
>>> remotelogs
>>>
>>> I have multiple Cisco switches configured to log to the Syslog-NG Server
>>> but I am not getting any logs. Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>> I ran a netstat -l -n and there is no socket bound to port 514.
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>> I was missing
>
> # Add a log statement log {source(s_net); destination(d_syslog);};
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> I added it and restarted the service daemon and it works now.
>
I spoke too soon. The socket is bound to both TCP and UDP on port 514 and
is listening. I am still not having any log messages written to disk though.
>
>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
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