syslog-ng Premium Edition 6.0.17 - Administration Guide

The syslog() driver sends messages to a remote host (for example a syslog-ng server or relay) on the local intranet or internet using the new standard syslog protocol developed by IETF (for details about the new protocol, see the section called “IETF-syslog messages”). The protocol supports sending messages using the UDP, TCP, or the encrypted TLS networking protocols.

The required arguments of the driver are the address of the destination host (where messages should be sent). The transport method (networking protocol) is optional, syslog-ng uses the TCP protocol by default. For the list of available optional parameters, see the section called “syslog() destination options”.

Declaration:

syslog(host transport [options]);

NOTE:

Note that the syslog destination driver has required parameters, while the source driver defaults to the local bind address, and every parameter is optional.

The udp transport method automatically sends multicast packets if a multicast destination address is specified. The tcp and tls methods do not support multicasting.

NOTE:

The default ports for the different transport protocols are as follows: UDP — 514, TCP — 601, TLS — 6514.

Example 7.41. Using the syslog() driver

destination d_tcp { syslog("10.1.2.3" transport("tcp") port(1999) localport(999)); };

If name resolution is configured, the hostname of the target server can be used as well.

destination d_tcp { syslog("target_host" transport("tcp") port(1999) localport(999)); };

Send the log messages using TLS encryption and use mutual authentication. For details on the encryption and authentication options, see the section called “TLS options”.

destination d_syslog_tls{
    syslog("10.100.20.40"
        transport("tls")
        port(6514)
        tls(peer-verify(required-trusted)
            ca-dir('/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/keys/ca.d/')
            key-file('/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/keys/client_key.pem')
            cert-file('/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/keys/client_certificate.pem')
        )
    );
};

NOTE:

If a message uses the IETF-syslog format (RFC5424), only the text of the message can be customized (that is, the $MESSAGE part of the log), the structure of the header is fixed.

syslog() destination options

The syslog() driver sends messages to a remote host (for example a syslog-ng server or relay) on the local intranet or internet using the RFC5424 syslog protocol developed by IETF (for details about the protocol, see the section called “IETF-syslog messages”). The protocol supports sending messages using the RLTP™, UDP, TCP, or the encrypted TLS networking protocols.

These destinations have the following options:

disk-buffer()

Description: This option enables putting outgoing messages into the disk buffer of the destination to avoid message loss in case of a system failure on the destination side. It has the following options:

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 will be used. This provides a faster, but less reliable disk-buffer option.

Caution:

Hazard of data loss! If you change the value of reliable() option when there are messages in the disk-buffer, the messages stored in the disk-buffer will be lost.

dir()

Type: string

Default: N/A

Description: Defines the folder where the disk-buffer files are stored. This option has priority over --qdisk-dir=.

Caution:

When creating a new dir() option for a disk buffer, or modifying an existing one, make sure you delete the persist file, or at least remove the relevant persist-entry.

syslog-ng PE creates disk-buffer files based on the path recorded in the persist file. Therefore, if the persist file or the relevant entry 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 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. 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:	64
	Description: The number of messages stored in the output buffer of the destination.

Options reliable() and disk-buf-size() are required options.

Example 7.42. 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")
            )
        );
};

failover-servers()

Type:	list of IP addresses and fully-qualified domain names
Default:	0

Description: Available only in syslog-ng Premium Edition version 3.2 and later. Specifies a secondary destination server where log messages are sent if the primary server becomes unaccessible. To list several failover servers, separate the address of the servers with comma. The time syslog-ng PE waits for the a server before switching to the next failover server is set in the time-reopen() option. For details about how client-side failover works, see the section called “Client-side failover”.

Caution:

The failover servers must be accessible on the same port as the primary server.

NOTE:

This option is not available for the connection-less UDP protocol, because in this case the client does not detect that the destination becomes unaccessible.

Example 7.43. Specifying failover servers for syslog() destinations

The following example specifies two failover servers for a simple syslog() destination.

destination d_syslog_tcp{
                syslog("10.100.20.40"
                transport("tcp")
                port(6514)
                failover-servers("10.2.3.4", "myfailoverserver")
                );};

The following example specifies a failover server for a network() destination that uses TLS encryption.

destination d_syslog_tls{
                network("10.100.20.40"
                transport("tls")
                port(6514)
                failover-servers("10.2.3.4", "myfailoverserver")
                tls(peer-verify(required-trusted)
                ca-dir('/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/keys/ca.d/')
                key-file('/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/keys/client_key.pem')
                cert-file('/opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/keys/client_certificate.pem'))
                );};

flags()

Type:	no_multi_line, syslog-protocol
Default:	empty set

Description: Flags influence the behavior of the destination driver.

no-multi-line: The no-multi-line flag disables line-breaking in the messages: the entire message is converted to a single line.
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 (messages)
Default:	Use global setting.

Description: Specifies how many lines are sent 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. Setting this number high increases throughput as fully filled frames are sent to the destination, but also increases message latency.

For optimal performance when sending messages to an 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() (OBSOLETE)

Type:	time in milliseconds
Default:	Use global setting.

Description: This is an obsolete option. Specifies the time syslog-ng waits for lines to accumulate in its output buffer. For details, see the flush-lines() option.

NOTE:

This option will be removed from the list of acceptable options. After that, your configuration will become invalid if it still contains the flush-timeout() option. To avoid future problems, remove this option from your configuration.

frac-digits()

Type:	number (digits of fractions of a second)
Default:	Value of the global option (which defaults to 0)

Description: The syslog-ng 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 that syslog-ng can add the fractions to non-ISO8601 timestamps as well.

ip-tos()

Type:	number (type of service)
Default:	0

Description: Specifies the Type-of-Service value of outgoing packets.

ip-ttl()

Type:	number (hops)
Default:	0

Description: Specifies the Time-To-Live value of outgoing packets.

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.

localip()

Type:	string
Default:	0.0.0.0

Description: The IP address to bind to before connecting to target.

localport()

Type:	number (port number)
Default:	0

Description: The port number to bind to. Messages are sent from this port.

log-fifo-size()

Type:	number (messages)
Default:	Use global setting.

Description: The number of messages that the output queue can store.

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()

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.

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()
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().
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().
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().
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.
global: Destination driver uses the global mark-mode() setting. The syslog-ng interprets syntax error if the global mark-mode() is global.

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.

port() or localport()

Type:	number (port number)
Default:	UDP — 514, TCP — 601, TLS — 6514.

Description: The port number to connect to.

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()

Type:	number (bytes)
Default:	0

Description: Specifies the size of the socket receive buffer in bytes. For details, see the socket(7) manual page.

so-sndbuf()

Type:	number (bytes)
Default:	0

Description: Specifies the size of the socket send buffer in bytes. For details, see the socket(7) manual page.

spoof-interface()

Type:	string (the name of the interface)
Default:	empty

Description: Specifies the name of the interface that is used to send the spoofed messages. Using this option is required only on Microsoft Windows platforms. The name of the interface is the internal device identifier used by WinPcap, which has absolutely no relation to any other possible device identifiers used by Windows. To determine the identifier of the interface, download and install the WinPcap application from https://www.winpcap.org/, then execute the iflist.exe file that is installed with syslog-ng PE. A sample of the iflist.exe output is shown below. The first line is the identifier of the interface, but note that you need use an extra backslash character. For example, if the identifier is \Device\NPF_{ADE8ECA1-183A-43A2-AF01-9C81ABB4A4C1}, you must use spoof-interface("\\Device\\NPF_{ADE8ECA1-183A-43A2-AF01-9C81ABB4A4C1}" in the configuration file of syslog-ng PE.

\Device\NPF_{ADE8ECA1-183A-43A2-AF01-9C81ABB4A4C1}
        Description: VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter (Microsoft's Packet Scheduler)
        Loopback: no
        Address Family: #2
        Address Family Name: AF_INET
        Address: 192.168.250.1
        Netmask: 255.255.255.0
        Broadcast Address: 255.255.255.255

Example 7.44. Spoofing the source address on Microsoft Windows

The following UDP destination spoofs the address of the original client. On Microsoft Windows platforms, the spoof-interface() option must be also set.

destination d_udp {
    network("10.30.0.32" port(5555)
        transport("udp")
        spoof-source(yes)
        spoof-interface("\\Device\\NPF_{578D4231-71C1-470F-AFFE-2CB1E5BC35A8}")
    );
};

Caution:

To use spoofing, you must also use the spoof-source(yes) option.

spoof-source()

Type:	yes or no
Default:	no

Description: Enables source address spoofing. This means that the host running syslog-ng generates UDP packets with the source IP address matching the original sender of the message. This is useful when you want to perform some kind of preprocessing via syslog-ng, then forward messages to your central log management solution with the source address of the original sender. This option only works for UDP destinations, though the original message can be received by TCP as well.

Caution:

To use spoofing on Microsoft Windows platforms, you must also set the spoof-interface() option as well.

When using the spoof-source option, syslog-ng PE automatically truncates long messages to 1024 bytes, regardless of the settings of log-msg-size().

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 the section called “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.

NOTE:

If a message uses the IETF-syslog format (RFC5424), only the text of the message can be customized (that is, the $MESSAGE part of the log), the structure of the header is fixed.

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()

Type:	number (messages per second)
Default:	0

Description: Sets the maximum number of messages sent to the destination per second. Use this output-rate-limiting functionality only when using disk-buffer 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 the section called “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.

tls()

Type:	tls options
Default:	n/a

Description: This option sets various options related to TLS encryption, for example, key/certificate files and trusted CA locations. TLS can be used only with tcp-based transport protocols. For details, see the section called “TLS options”.

transport()

Type:	rltp, udp, tcp, or tls
Default:	tcp

Description: Specifies the protocol used to send messages to the destination server.

If you use the udp transport, syslog-ng PE automatically sends multicast packets if a multicast destination address is specified. The tcp transport does not support multicasting.

ts-format()

Type:	rfc3164, bsd, rfc3339, iso
Default:	Use the global option (which defaults to rfc3164)

Description: Override the global timestamp format (set in the global ts-format() parameter) for the specific destination. For details, see the section called “A note on timezones and timestamps”.

Sending messages to a remote log server using the legacy BSD-syslog protocol (tcp(), udp() drivers)

Chapter 7. Sending and storing log messages — destinations and destination drivers > Sending messages to a remote log server using the legacy BSD-syslog protocol (tcp(), udp() drivers)

NOTE:

The tcp(), tcp6(), udp(), and udp6() drivers are obsolete. Use the network() source and the network() destination instead. For details, see the section called “Collecting messages using the RFC3164 protocol (network() driver)” and the section called “Sending messages to a remote log server using the RFC3164 protocol (network() driver)”, respectively.

To convert your existing tcp(), tcp6(), udp(), udp6() source drivers to use the network() driver, see Procedure 7.8, “Change an old destination driver to the network() driver”.

The tcp(), tcp6(), udp(), and udp6() drivers send messages to another host (for example a syslog-ng server or relay) on the local intranet or internet using the UDP or TCP protocol. The tcp6() and udp6() drivers use the IPv6 network protocol.

tcp(), tcp6(), udp(), and udp6() destination options

NOTE:

Procedure 7.8. Change an old destination driver to the network() driver

To replace your existing tcp(), tcp6(), udp(), udp6() destinations with a network() destination, complete the following steps.

Replace the driver with network. For example, replace udp( with network(
Set the transport protocol.
- If you used TLS-encryption, add the transport("tls") option, then continue with the next step.
- If you used the tcp or tcp6 driver, add the transport("tcp") option.
- If you used the udp or udp driver, add the transport("udp") option.
If you use IPv6 (that is, the udp6 or tcp6 driver), add the ip-protocol("6") option.
If you did not specify the port used in the old driver, check the section called “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.

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')
        )
    );
};

Sending messages to UNIX domain sockets

Chapter 7. Sending and storing log messages — destinations and destination drivers > Sending messages to UNIX domain sockets

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 the section called “unix-stream() and unix-dgram() destination options”.

Caution:

This feature is currently not available when running the syslog-ng PE application on Microsoft Windows platforms. For a complete list of limitations, see the section called “Limitations on Microsoft Windows platforms”.

Declaration:

unix-stream(filename [options]);
unix-dgram(filename [options]);

Example 7.45. Using the unix-stream() driver

destination d_unix_stream { unix-stream("/var/run/logs"); };

unix-stream() and unix-dgram() destination options

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.

Caution:

disk-buffer()

reliable()

Type: yes|no

Default: no

Caution:

Hazard of data loss! If you change the value of reliable() option when there are messages in the disk-buffer, the messages stored in the disk-buffer will be lost.

dir()

Type: string

Default: N/A

Description: Defines the folder where the disk-buffer files are stored. This option has priority over --qdisk-dir=.

Caution:

When creating a new dir() option for a disk buffer, or modifying an existing one, make sure you delete the persist file, or at least remove the relevant persist-entry.

disk-buf-size()
Type:	number (bytes)
Default:
	Description: This is a required option. The maximum size of the disk-buffer 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. 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:	64
	Description: The number of messages stored in the output buffer of the destination.

Options reliable() and disk-buf-size() are required options.

Example 7.46. 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.

no-multi-line: The no-multi-line flag disables line-breaking in the messages: the entire message is converted to a single line.
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 (messages)
Default:	Use global setting.

flush-timeout() (OBSOLETE)

Type:	time in milliseconds
Default:	Use global setting.

Description: This is an obsolete option. Specifies the time syslog-ng waits for lines to accumulate in its output buffer. For details, see the flush-lines() option.

NOTE:

frac-digits()

Type:	number (digits of fractions of a second)
Default:	Value of the global option (which defaults to 0)

log-fifo-size()

Type:	number (messages)
Default:	Use global setting.

Description: The number of messages that the output queue can store.

keep-alive()

Type:	yes or no
Default:	yes

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.

mark-freq()

Accepted values:	number (seconds)
Default:	1200

mark-mode()

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.

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()
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().
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().
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().
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.
global: Destination driver uses the global mark-mode() setting. The syslog-ng interprets syntax error if the global mark-mode() is global.

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-rcvbuf()

Type:	number (bytes)
Default:	0

Description: Specifies the size of the socket receive buffer in bytes. For details, see the socket(7) manual page.

so-sndbuf()

Type:	number (bytes)
Default:	0

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)

template()

Type:	string
Default:	A format conforming to the default logfile format.

template-escape()

Type:	yes or no
Default:	no

throttle()

Type:	number (messages per second)
Default:	0

time-zone()

Type:	name of the timezone, or the timezone offset
Default:	unspecified

ts-format()

Type:	rfc3164, bsd, rfc3339, iso
Default:	Use the global option (which defaults to rfc3164)

Sending messages to a user terminal — usertty() destination

Chapter 7. Sending and storing log messages — destinations and destination drivers > Sending messages to a user terminal — usertty() destination

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 7.47. Using the usertty() driver

destination d_usertty { usertty("root"); };

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