The syslog-ng OSE application collects various statistics and measures different metrics about the messages it receives and delivers. These metrics are collected into different counters, depending on the configuration of syslog-ng OSE. The stats-level() global option determines exactly which statistics syslog-ng OSE collects. You can access these statistics and metrics using the following methods.
Recommended: Structured, selective methods:
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Using the syslog-ng-ctl query command.
For further information about using syslog-ng-ctl commands, see The syslog-ng manual pages.
Legacy: Unstructured, bulk methods:
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Using the internal() source.
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Using the syslog-ng-ctl stats command.
For further information about using syslog-ng-ctl commands, see The syslog-ng manual pages.
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Use the socat application: echo STATS | socat -vv UNIX-CONNECT:/opt/syslog-ng/var/run/syslog-ng.ctl -
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If you have an OpenBSD-style netcat application installed, use the echo STATS | nc -U /opt/syslog-ng/var/run/syslog-ng.ctl command. Note that the netcat included in most Linux distributions is a GNU-style version that is not suitable to query the statistics of syslog-ng.