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syslog-ng Premium Edition 7.0.33 - Administration Guide

Preface Introduction to syslog-ng The concepts of syslog-ng Installing syslog-ng PE The syslog-ng PE quick-start guide The syslog-ng PE configuration file Collecting log messages — sources and source drivers
How sources work default-network-drivers: Receive and parse common syslog messages internal: Collecting internal messages file: Collecting messages from text files google-pubsub: collecting messages from the Google Pub/Sub messaging service wildcard-file: Collecting messages from multiple text files linux-audit: Collecting messages from Linux audit logs mssql, oracle, sql: collecting messages from an SQL database network: Collecting messages using the RFC3164 protocol (network() driver) office365: Fetching logs from Office 365 osquery: Collect and parse osquery result logs pipe: Collecting messages from named pipes program: Receiving messages from external applications python: writing server-style Python sources python-fetcher: writing fetcher-style Python sources snmptrap: Read Net-SNMP traps syslog: Collecting messages using the IETF syslog protocol (syslog() driver) system: Collecting the system-specific log messages of a platform systemd-journal: Collecting messages from the systemd-journal system log storage systemd-syslog: Collecting systemd messages using a socket tcp, tcp6,udp, udp6: Collecting messages from remote hosts using the BSD syslog protocol udp-balancer: Receiving UDP messages at very high rate unix-stream, unix-dgram: Collecting messages from UNIX domain sockets windowsevent: Collecting Windows event logs
Sending and storing log messages — destinations and destination drivers
elasticsearch2>: Sending messages directly to Elasticsearch version 2.0 or higher (DEPRECATED) elasticsearch-http: Sending messages to Elasticsearch HTTP Event Collector file: Storing messages in plain-text files google_pubsub(): Sending logs to the Google Cloud Pub/Sub messaging service google_pubsub-managedaccount(): Sending logs to the Google Cloud Pub/Sub messaging service authenticated by Google Cloud managed service account hdfs: Storing messages on the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) http: Posting messages over HTTP kafka(): Publishing messages to Apache Kafka (Java implementation) (DEPRECATED) kafka-c(): Publishing messages to Apache Kafka using the librdkafka client (C implementation) logstore: Storing messages in encrypted files mongodb: Storing messages in a MongoDB database network: Sending messages to a remote log server using the RFC3164 protocol (network() driver) pipe: Sending messages to named pipes program: Sending messages to external applications python: writing custom Python destinations sentinel(): Sending logs to the Microsoft Azure Sentinel cloud snmp: Sending SNMP traps smtp: Generating SMTP messages (email) from logs splunk-hec: Sending messages to Splunk HTTP Event Collector sql(): Storing messages in an SQL database stackdriver: Sending logs to the Google Stackdriver cloud syslog: Sending messages to a remote logserver using the IETF-syslog protocol syslog-ng(): Forward logs to another syslog-ng node tcp, tcp6, udp, udp6: Sending messages to a remote log server using the legacy BSD-syslog protocol (tcp(), udp() drivers) unix-stream, unix-dgram: Sending messages to UNIX domain sockets usertty: Sending messages to a user terminal — usertty() destination Client-side failover
Routing messages: log paths, flags, and filters Global options of syslog-ng PE TLS-encrypted message transfer Advanced Log Transport Protocol Reliability and minimizing the loss of log messages Manipulating messages parser: Parse and segment structured messages Processing message content with a pattern database Correlating log messages Enriching log messages with external data Monitoring statistics and metrics of syslog-ng Multithreading and scaling in syslog-ng PE Troubleshooting syslog-ng Best practices and examples The syslog-ng manual pages Glossary

Available endpoints for the google_pubsub() destination

From syslog-ng Premium Edition (syslog-ng PE) version 7.0.21, you can use the the google_pubsub() destination to generate your own messaging Google Pub/Sub infrastructure with syslog-ng PE as a "Publisher" entity, utilizing the HTTP REST interface of the service.

Similarly to syslog-ng PE's stackdriver() destination, the google_pubsub() destination is an asynchronous messaging service connected to Google's infrastructure.

For more information about Google Pub/Sub's messaging service, see What Is Pub/Sub?. The rest of this section and its subsections assume that you are familiar with the Google Pub/Sub messaging service, and its concepts and terminology.

From syslog-ng PE version 7.0.24, the following endpoints are available for the google_pubsub() destination:

  • The global REST/HTTP endpoint (default)

    By default, the google_pubsub() destination uses the global REST/HTTP endpoint, which automatically redirects requests to a nearby region.

    The default global REST/HTTP endpoint for Google Pub/Sub services, which is also the default configuration option for the google_pubsub(), destination, is "https://pubsub.googleapis.com".

  • Your custom service endpoint (optional)

    From version 7.0.24, the syslog-ng PE application supports including the service_endpoint() option to configure an additional service endpoint in addition to the default global REST/HTTP endpoint.

    For more information, see the description and list of available Google Pub/Sub service endpoints.

    NOTE: Configuring the service_endpoint() option for the google_pubsub(), destination is optional, and it does not affect the default global REST/HTTP endpoint in any way.

Configuring the service-endpoint() option for the google_pubsub() destination

You can configure your google_pubsub() destination to route messages to regional service endpoints in addition to the default global REST/HTTP endpoint by including the service_endpoint() option in your configuration.

Example: configuring the service_endpoint() option for the google_pubsub() destination

You can include the service_endpoint() option for the google_pubsub() destination as follows:

destination {
  google_pubsub(
    ...
    service_endpoint("https://southamerica-east1-pubsub.googleapis.com")
  );
};

CAUTION: When configuring the service_endpoint()option, make sure you include the https:// part of the endpoint URL. To avoid mistakes, One Identity recommends that you copy the REST/HTTP endpoint column of your choice as-is, directly from the table of the listed available regional endpoints.

For example:

Figure 27: Available regional endpoint URLs for Google Pub/Sub

The example above illustrates the REST/HTTP endpoint URL of the southamerica-east1 region, which is the same region that is included in the configuration example.

Error messages you may encounter while using the google_pubsub() destination

The following table describes the possible error messages that you may encounter while using the google_pubsub() destination.

status_code Complete response while running with trace messages enabled Possible reason(s) Possible solution(s)
400
"error": {
"code": 400,   
"message": "The value for message_count is too large. You passed 1001 in the request, but the maximum value is 1000.",
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT"
}

There are too many messages in one batch. Google Pub/Sub allows maximum 1000 messages per batch.

Decrease the value of the batch-lines() option if you modified it previously.

400
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "Request payload size exceeds the limit: 10485760 bytes.",
"status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT"
}

The batch size is too large. Google Pub/Sub allows maximum 10MB per batch.

To overcome the issue, try one of the following methods:

  • Decrease the message size (consider the length of data and additional parameters combined).
  • Decrease the batch size with the batch-lines() option. Fewer, but bigger messages result in a smaller batch size, so adjust the value of the batch-lines() option to decrease your throughput.

403
"error": {
"code": 403,
"message": "User not authorized to perform this action.",
"status": "PERMISSION_DENIED" 
}

One of the following possible reasons behind the error message:

  • Wrong credentials.
  • Insufficient permissions.

To overcome the issue, try one of the following methods:

  • Check your credentials .JSON file that you downloaded from the UI of Google Pub/Sub.
  • Check the associated "roles" of your service account. The google_pubsub() destination requires the "Pub/Sub Publisher" role to operate.
404
"error": {
"code": 404,
"message": "Requested project not found or user does not have access to it (project=YOUR_PROJECT). Make sure to specify the unique project identifier and not the Google Cloud Console display name.",
"status": "NOT_FOUND"
}

You have specified an incorrect project ID. The string YOUR_PROJECT is the project name provided in the configuration. and the project name you have to specify.

The project name you can find on the Pub/Sub UI is not necessarily the same as the project ID you specified in the YOUR_PROJECT string in your configuration. Make sure you use the project name provided in the YOUR_PROJECT string in your configuration.

404
"error": {
"code": 404,
"message": "Resource not found (resource=YOUR_TOPIC).",
"status": "NOT_FOUND"
}

You have specified an incorrect topic ID. The string YOUR_TOPIC is the topic ID you provided in the configuration, and the topic ID you have to specify.

Make sure you use the topic ID you provided in the YOUR_TOPIC string in the configuration, and make sure that you have sufficient permissions to access it.

429

"error": { "code": 429, "message": "Quota exceeded for quota metric 'Regional publisher throughput, kB' and limit 'Regional publisher throughput, kB per minute per region' of service 'pubsubgoogleapiscom' for consumer 'project_number:127287437417'", "status": "RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED"}

This error indicates that you have exceeded the quota for the given Google Cloud project.

Review your Google Cloud project's quota and adjust it according to Google's documentation if necessary.

google_pubsub-managedaccount(): Sending logs to the Google Cloud Pub/Sub messaging service authenticated by Google Cloud managed service account

From syslog-ng Premium Edition (syslog-ng PE) version 7.0.32, you can use the the google_pubsub_managedaccount() destination to generate your own messaging Google Pub/Sub infrastructure with syslog-ng PE as a Google Cloud managed service account authenticated "Publisher" entity, utilizing the HTTP REST interface of the service. This authentication method requires syslog-ng PE to run inside Google Cloud (for example, on a VM instance running in Google Cloud Compute Engine).

The google_pubsub_managedaccount() destination is equivalent to syslog-ng PE's google_pubsub(): Sending logs to the Google Cloud Pub/Sub messaging service, only the authentication method is different.

Similarly to syslog-ng PE's stackdriver: Sending logs to the Google Stackdriver cloud, the google_pubsub_managedaccount() destination is an asynchronous messaging service connected to Google's infrastructure.

For more information about Google Pub/Sub's messaging service, see What Is Pub/Sub?. The rest of this section and its subsections assume that you are familiar with the Google Pub/Sub messaging service, and its concepts, and terminology.

Limitations

The current implementation of the google_pubsub() and google_pubsub_managedaccount() destinations has the following limitations:

No message-based acknowledgement: While Google Pub/Sub acknowledges the batch of received messages, it also sends individual acknowledgement ID's to each message. However, we currently do not track individual messages inside Google Pub/Sub. Under normal operation circumstances, the lack of tracking individual messages has no effect on message delivery, and even allows flow control to work properly. However, in case of an error, the only solution is to repeat the entire batch, which can lead to message duplication in case Google Pub/Sub acknowledged part of the previous batch despite indicating an overall error.

NOTE: This behavior, called At-Least-Once delivery, means that if an error occurs, it is more acceptable to duplicate messages than to lose any of them.

NOTE: Typically, only the central syslog-ng PE server uses this destination. For more information on the server mode, see Server mode.

NOTE: The google_pubsub() and google_pubsub_managedaccount() destinations cannot fetch logs, they only serve as "Publisher" entities in the Google Pub/Sub service.

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