To replace your existing tcp(), tcp6(), udp(), udp6() destinations with a network() destination, complete the following steps.
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Replace the driver with network. For example, replace udp( with network(
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Set the transport protocol.
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If you used TLS-encryption, add the transport("tls") option, then continue with the next step.
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If you used the tcp or tcp6 driver, add the transport("tcp") option.
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If you used the udp or udp driver, add the transport("udp") option.
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If you use IPv6 (that is, the udp6 or tcp6 driver), add the ip-protocol(6) option.
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If you did not specify the port used in the old driver, check network() destination options and verify that your clients send the messages to the default port of the transport protocol you use. Otherwise, set the appropriate port number in your source using the port() option.
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All other options are identical. Test your configuration with the syslog-ng --syntax-only command.
The following configuration shows a simple tcp destination.
destination d_old_tcp {
tcp("127.0.0.1" port(1999)
tls(
peer-verify("required-trusted")
key-file("/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.key")
cert-file('/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.crt')
)
);
};
When replaced with the network() driver, it looks like this.
destination d_new_network_tcp {
network("127.0.0.1"
port(1999)
transport("tls")
tls(
peer-verify("required-trusted")
key-file("/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.key")
cert-file('/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.crt')
)
);
};
The unix-stream() and unix-dgram() drivers send messages to a UNIX domain socket in either SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM mode.
Both drivers have a single required argument specifying the name of the socket to connect to. For the list of available optional parameters, see unix-stream() and unix-dgram() destination options.
Declaration
unix-stream(filename [options]);
unix-dgram(filename [options]);
Example: Using the unix-stream() driver
destination d_unix_stream { unix-stream("/var/run/logs"); };
These drivers send messages to a unix socket in either SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM mode. The unix-stream() and unix-dgram() destinations have the following options:
create-dirs()
| Type: |
yes or no |
| Default: |
no |
Description: Enable creating non-existing directories when creating files or socket files.
disk-buffer()
Description: This option enables putting outgoing messages into the disk-buffer file of the destination to avoid message loss in case of a system failure on the destination side. It has the following options:
| dir() |
| Type: |
string |
| Default: |
N/A |
|
Description: Defines the folder where the disk-buffer files are stored.
Note that changing the value the dir() option will not move or copy existing files from the old directory to the new one.
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|
Caution:
When creating a new dir() option for a disk-buffer file, or modifying an existing one, make sure you delete the persist file.
syslog-ng PE creates disk-buffer files based on the path recorded in the persist file. Therefore, if the persist file is not deleted after modifying the dir() option, then following a restart, syslog-ng PE will look for or create disk-buffer files in their old location. To ensure that syslog-ng PE uses the new dir() setting, the persist file must not contain any information about the destinations which the disk-buffer file in question belongs to. | |
| disk-buf-size() |
| Type: |
number [bytes] |
| Default: |
|
| Description: This is a required option. The maximum size of the disk-buffer file in bytes. The minimum value is 1048576 bytes. If you set a smaller value, the minimum value will be used automatically. It replaces the old log-disk-fifo-size() option. |
| mem-buf-length() |
| Type: |
number [messages] |
| Default: |
10000 |
| Description: Use this option if the option reliable() is set to no. This option contains the number of messages stored in overflow queue. It replaces the old log-fifo-size() option. It inherits the value of the global log-fifo-size() option if provided. If it is not provided, the default value is 10000 messages. Note that this option will be ignored if the option reliable() is set to yes. |
| mem-buf-size() |
| Type: |
number [bytes] |
| Default: |
163840000 |
| Description: Use this option if the option reliable() is set to yes. This option contains the size of the messages in bytes that is used in the memory part of the disk-buffer file. It replaces the old log-fifo-size() option. It does not inherit the value of the global log-fifo-size() option, even if it is provided. Note that this option will be ignored if the option reliable() is set to no. |
| quot-size() |
| Type: |
number [messages] |
| Default: |
1000 |
|
Description: The number of messages stored in the output buffer of the destination. Note that if you change the value of this option and the disk-buffer file already exists, the change will take effect when the disk-buffer file becomes empty. |
| reliable() |
| Type: |
yes|no |
| Default: |
no |
|
Description: If set to yes, syslog-ng PE cannot lose logs in case of reload/restart, unreachable destination or syslog-ng PE crash. This solution provides a slower, but reliable disk-buffer option. It is created and initialized at startup and gradually grows as new messages arrive. If set to no, the normal disk-buffer option will be used. This provides a faster, but less reliable disk-buffer option.
|
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Caution: Hazard of data loss!
If you change the value of reliable() option when there are messages in the disk-buffer file, the messages stored in the disk-buffer file will be lost. | |
| truncate-size-ratio() |
| Type: |
number (for percentage) between 0 and 1 |
| Default: |
0.1 (10%) |
|
Description: Limits the truncation of the disk-buffer file. Truncating the disk-buffer file can slow down disk I/O operations, but it saves disk space. As a result, syslog-ng PE only truncates the file if the possible disk gain is more than truncate-size-ratio() times disk-buf-size().
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Caution:
One Identity recommends that you do not modify the value of the truncate-size-ratio() option unless you are fully aware of the potential performance implications. | |
Example: Examples for using disk-buffer()
In the following case, reliable disk-buffer() is used.
destination d_demo {
network("127.0.0.1"
port(3333)
disk-buffer(
mem-buf-size(10000)
disk-buf-size(2000000)
reliable(yes)
dir("/tmp/disk-buffer")
)
);
};
In the following case normal disk-buffer() is used.
destination d_demo {
network("127.0.0.1"
port(3333)
disk-buffer(
mem-buf-length(10000)
disk-buf-size(2000000)
reliable(no)
dir("/tmp/disk-buffer")
)
);
};
flags()
| Type: |
no-multi-line, syslog-protocol |
| Default: |
empty set |
Description: Flags influence the behavior of the destination driver.
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no-multi-line: The no-multi-line flag disables line-breaking in the messages: the entire message is converted to a single line.
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syslog-protocol: The syslog-protocol flag instructs the driver to format the messages according to the new IETF syslog protocol standard (RFC5424), but without the frame header. If this flag is enabled, macros used for the message have effect only for the text of the message, the message header is formatted to the new standard. Note that this flag is not needed for the syslog driver, and that the syslog driver automatically adds the frame header to the messages.
flush-lines()
| Type: |
number |
| Default: |
Use global setting. |
Description: Specifies how many lines are flushed to a destination at a time. The syslog-ng PE application waits for this number of lines to accumulate and sends them off in a single batch. Increasing this number increases throughput as more messages are sent in a single batch, but also increases message latency.
The syslog-ng PE application flushes the messages if it has sent flush-lines() number of messages, or the queue became empty. If you stop or reload syslog-ng PE or in case of network sources, the connection with the client is closed, syslog-ng PE automatically sends the unsent messages to the destination.
For optimal performance when sending messages to a syslog-ng PE server, make sure that the flush-lines() is smaller than the window size set using the log-iw-size() option in the source of your server.
flush-timeout() (DEPRECATED)
| Type: |
time in milliseconds |
| Default: |
Use global setting. |
Description: This is a deprecated option. Specifies the time syslog-ng waits for lines to accumulate in its output buffer. For details, see the flush-lines() option.
frac-digits()
Description: The syslog-ng PE application can store fractions of a second in the timestamps according to the ISO8601 format. The frac-digits() parameter specifies the number of digits stored. The digits storing the fractions are padded by zeros if the original timestamp of the message specifies only seconds. Fractions can always be stored for the time the message was received.
NOTE: The syslog-ng PE application can add the fractions to non-ISO8601 timestamps as well.
NOTE: As syslog-ng PE is precise up to the microsecond, when the frac-digits() option is set to a value higher than 6, syslog-ng PE will truncate the fraction seconds in the timestamps after 6 digits.
log-fifo-size()
| Type: |
number |
| Default: |
Use global setting. |
Description: The number of messages that the output queue can store.
keep-alive()
| Type: |
yes or no |
| Default: |
yes |
Description: Specifies whether connections to destinations should be closed when syslog-ng is reloaded. Note that this applies to the client (destination) side of the syslog-ng connections, server-side (source) connections are always reopened after receiving a HUP signal unless the keep-alive option is enabled for the source.
mark-freq()
| Accepted values: |
number [seconds] |
| Default: |
1200 |
Description: An alias for the obsolete mark() option, retained for compatibility with syslog-ng version 1.6.x.
The number of seconds between two MARK messages. MARK messages are generated when there was no message traffic to inform the receiver that the connection is still alive. If set to zero (0), no MARK messages are sent. The mark-freq() can be set for global option and/or every MARK capable destination driver if mark-mode() is periodical or dst-idle or host-idle. If mark-freq() is not defined in the destination, then the mark-freq() will be inherited from the global options. If the destination uses internal mark-mode(), then the global mark-freq() will be valid (does not matter what mark-freq() set in the destination side).
mark-mode()
| Accepted values: |
internal | dst-idle | host-idle | periodical | none | global |
| Default: |
internal for pipe, program drivers
none for file, unix-dgram, unix-stream drivers
global for syslog, tcp, udp destinations
host-idle for global option |
Description: The mark-mode() option can be set for the following destination drivers: file(), program(), unix-dgram(), unix-stream(), network(), pipe(), syslog() and in global option.
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internal: When internal mark mode is selected, internal source should be placed in the log path as this mode does not generate mark by itself at the destination. This mode only yields the mark messages from internal source. This is the mode as syslog-ng PE 3.x worked. MARK will be generated by internal source if there was NO traffic on local sources:
file(), pipe(), unix-stream(), unix-dgram(), program()
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dst-idle: Sends MARK signal if there was NO traffic on destination drivers. MARK signal from internal source will be dropped.
MARK signal can be sent by the following destination drivers: network(), syslog(), program(), file(), pipe(), unix-stream(), unix-dgram().
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host-idle: Sends MARK signal if there was NO local message on destination drivers. For example, MARK is generated even if messages were received from tcp. MARK signal from internal source will be dropped.
MARK signal can be sent by the following destination drivers: network(), syslog(), program(), file(), pipe(), unix-stream(), unix-dgram().
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periodical: Sends MARK signal perodically, regardless of traffic on destination driver. MARK signal from internal source will be dropped.
MARK signal can be sent by the following destination drivers: network(), syslog(), program(), file(), pipe(), unix-stream(), unix-dgram().
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none: Destination driver drops all MARK messages. If an explicit mark-mode() is not given to the drivers where none is the default value, then none will be used.
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global: Destination driver uses the global mark-mode() setting. Note that setting the global mark-mode() to global causes a syntax error in syslog-ng PE.
NOTE: In case of dst-idle, host-idle and periodical, the MARK message will not be written in the destination, if it is not open yet.
Available in syslog-ng PE 4 LTS and later.
so-broadcast()
| Type: |
yes or no |
| Default: |
no |
Description: This option controls the SO_BROADCAST socket option required to make syslog-ng send messages to a broadcast address. For details, see the socket(7) manual page.
so-keepalive()
| Type: |
yes or no |
| Default: |
no |
Description: Enables keep-alive messages, keeping the socket open. This only effects TCP and UNIX-stream sockets. For details, see the socket(7) manual page.
so-rcvbuf()
Description: Specifies the size of the socket receive buffer in bytes. For details, see the socket(7) manual page.
so-sndbuf()
Description: Specifies the size of the socket send buffer in bytes. For details, see the socket(7) manual page.
suppress()
| Type: |
seconds |
| Default: |
0 (disabled) |
Description: If several identical log messages would be sent to the destination without any other messages between the identical messages (for example, an application repeated an error message ten times), syslog-ng can suppress the repeated messages and send the message only once, followed by the Last message repeated n times. message. The parameter of this option specifies the number of seconds syslog-ng waits for identical messages.
template()
| Type: |
string |
| Default: |
A format conforming to the default logfile format. |
Description: Specifies a template defining the logformat to be used in the destination. Macros are described in Macros of syslog-ng PE. Please note that for network destinations it might not be appropriate to change the template as it changes the on-wire format of the syslog protocol which might not be tolerated by stock syslog receivers (like syslogd or syslog-ng itself). For network destinations make sure the receiver can cope with the custom format defined.
template-escape()
| Type: |
yes or no |
| Default: |
no |
Description: Turns on escaping for the ', ", and backspace characters in templated output files. This is useful for generating SQL statements and quoting string contents so that parts of the log message are not interpreted as commands to the SQL server.
throttle()
Description: Sets the maximum number of messages sent to the destination per second. Use this output-rate-limiting functionality only when using the disk-buffer option as well to avoid the risk of losing messages. Specifying 0 or a lower value sets the output limit to unlimited.
time-zone()
| Type: |
name of the timezone, or the timezone offset |
| Default: |
unspecified |
Description: Convert timestamps to the timezone specified by this option. If this option is not set, then the original timezone information in the message is used. Converting the timezone changes the values of all date-related macros derived from the timestamp, for example, HOUR. For the complete list of such macros, see Date-related macros.
The timezone can be specified as using the name of the (for example, time-zone("Europe/Budapest")), or as the timezone offset in +/-HH:MM format (for example, +01:00). On Linux and UNIX platforms, the valid timezone names are listed under the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory.
ts-format()
| Type: |
rfc3164, bsd, rfc3339, iso |
| Default: |
rfc3164 |
Description: Override the global timestamp format (set in the global ts-format() parameter) for the specific destination. For details, see ts-format().
This driver writes messages to the terminal of a logged-in user.
The usertty() driver has a single required argument, specifying a username who should receive a copy of matching messages. Use the asterisk * to specify every user currently logged in to the system.
Declaration
usertty(username);
The usertty() does not have any further options nor does it support templates.
Example: Using the usertty() driver
destination d_usertty { usertty("root"); };
