well, for the debug log to make sense to me, I need the whole thing at
least for the startup sequence. You can post it in a gist or something
like pastebin. I guess David would also be interested in it.

Rainer

El mar, 13 dic 2022 a las 15:57, helices
(<mike+rsys...@mdsresource.net>) escribió:
>
> I'm trying to understand what is really happening. Recently, it seems one of 
> our clients initiates many SFTP connections to this host in the early morning 
> hours. There are many, many rsyslog entries for this, and they are also those 
> - apparently - wrapping across multiple lines, which fail insertion into our 
> database.
>
> we have not yet identified a full entry that fails mysql insertion. So, no, 
> we did not "manually try the insert statement." Nor have we found appropriate 
> mysql error log entries.
>
> "Could you at least post the startup part of the debug log?" - How much?
>
> NOTE: 'ratelimit.interval' and 'ratelimit.burst' are set; but, 
> 'ratelimitinterval' and 'ratelimitburst' are BOTH UNSET. What is that about?
>
> 0953.048546212:main thread    : glbl.c: debug level 2 set via config file
> 0953.048561879:main thread    : glbl.c: This is rsyslog version 8.2212.0
> 0953.048577415:main thread    : rsconf.c: cnf:global:obj: obj: 'module'
> 0953.048587780:main thread    : rainerscript.c: nvlst 0x561102c16ca0:
> 0953.048592371:main thread    : rainerscript.c:         name: 'StateFile', 
> value 'imjournal.state'
> 0953.048596753:main thread    : rainerscript.c:         name: 
> 'Ratelimit.Interval', value '1000'
> 0953.048600958:main thread    : rainerscript.c:         name: 
> 'Ratelimit.Burst', value '30000'
> 0953.048605071:main thread    : rainerscript.c:         name: 'load', value 
> 'imjournal'
> 0953.048636752:main thread    : rainerscript.c: nvlstGetParam: name 'load', 
> type 13, valnode->bUsed 0
> 0953.048643952:main thread    : modules.c: modulesProcessCnf params:
> 0953.048647990:main thread    : rainerscript.c: load:  'imjournal'
> 0953.048666065:main thread    : modules.c: Requested to load module 
> 'imjournal'
> 0953.048671930:main thread    : modules.c: loading module 
> '/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imjournal.so'
> 0953.049450325:main thread    : modules.c: module imjournal of type 0 being 
> loaded (keepType=0).
> 0953.049461922:main thread    : modules.c: module config name is 'imjournal'
> 0953.049466285:main thread    : modules.c: module imjournal supports rsyslog 
> v6 config interface
> 0953.049471442:main thread    : imjournal.c: entry point 
> 'activateCnfPrePrivDrop' not present in module
> 0953.049476234:main thread    : imjournal.c: entry point 'newInpInst' not 
> present in module
> 0953.049480495:main thread    : imjournal.c: entry point 'doHUP' not present 
> in module
> 0953.049486505:main thread    : rainerscript.c: nvlstGetParam: name 
> 'statefile', type 13, valnode->bUsed 0
> 0953.049491290:main thread    : rainerscript.c: nvlstGetParam: name 
> 'ratelimit.interval', type 6, valnode->bUsed 0
> 0953.049497144:main thread    : rainerscript.c: nvlstGetParam: name 
> 'ratelimit.burst', type 6, valnode->bUsed 0
> 0953.049502097:main thread    : imjournal.c: module (global) param blk for 
> imjournal:
> 0953.049506011:main thread    : rainerscript.c: statefile:  'imjournal.state'
> 0953.049515590:main thread    : rainerscript.c: ratelimit.interval: 1000
> 0953.049524703:main thread    : rainerscript.c: ratelimit.burst: 30000
> 0953.049533615:main thread    : rainerscript.c: persiststateinterval: (unset)
> 0953.049542575:main thread    : rainerscript.c: ignorepreviousmessages: 
> (unset)
> 0953.049551231:main thread    : rainerscript.c: ignorenonvalidstatefile: 
> (unset)
> 0953.049559845:main thread    : rainerscript.c: defaultseverity: (unset)
> 0953.049568448:main thread    : rainerscript.c: defaultfacility: (unset)
> 0953.049577070:main thread    : rainerscript.c: usepidfromsystem: (unset)
> 0953.049585721:main thread    : rainerscript.c: usepid: (unset)
> 0953.049594328:main thread    : rainerscript.c: workaroundjournalbug: (unset)
> 0953.049602947:main thread    : rainerscript.c: fsync: (unset)
> 0953.049611537:main thread    : rainerscript.c: remote: (unset)
> 0953.049648880:main thread    : rsconf.c: cnf:global:obj: obj: 'module'
> 0953.049656182:main thread    : rainerscript.c: nvlst 0x561102c16cd0:
> 0953.049660452:main thread    : rainerscript.c:         name: 'load', value 
> 'imklog'
> 0953.049665572:main thread    : rainerscript.c: nvlstGetParam: name 'load', 
> type 13, valnode->bUsed 0
> 0953.049669812:main thread    : modules.c: modulesProcessCnf params:
> 0953.049673667:main thread    : rainerscript.c: load:  'imklog'
> 0953.049683199:main thread    : modules.c: Requested to load module 'imklog'
> 0953.049688342:main thread    : modules.c: loading module 
> '/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imklog.so'
> 0953.050263553:main thread    : modules.c: module imklog of type 0 being 
> loaded (keepType=0).
> 0953.050274236:main thread    : imklog.c: entry point 
> 'isCompatibleWithFeature' not present in module
> 0953.050279240:main thread    : modules.c: module config name is 'imklog'
> 0953.050283500:main thread    : modules.c: module imklog supports rsyslog v6 
> config interface
> 0953.050289536:main thread    : imklog.c: entry point 'newInpInst' not 
> present in module
> 0953.050293692:main thread    : imklog.c: entry point 'doHUP' not present in 
> module
> 0953.050308677:main thread    : imklog.c: module (global) param blk for 
> imklog:
> 0953.050313296:main thread    : rainerscript.c: ruleset: (unset)
> 0953.050322440:main thread    : rainerscript.c: logpath: (unset)
> 0953.050331135:main thread    : rainerscript.c: permitnonkernelfacility: 
> (unset)
> 0953.050339793:main thread    : rainerscript.c: consoleloglevel: (unset)
> 0953.050348442:main thread    : rainerscript.c: parsekerneltimestamp: (unset)
> 0953.050357122:main thread    : rainerscript.c: keepkerneltimestamp: (unset)
> 0953.050365783:main thread    : rainerscript.c: internalmsgfacility: (unset)
> 0953.050374403:main thread    : rainerscript.c: ratelimitinterval: (unset)
> 0953.050383057:main thread    : rainerscript.c: ratelimitburst: (unset)
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 8:37 AM Rainer Gerhards <rgerha...@hq.adiscon.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> I am a bit confused if/how this shall relate to the imjournal rate
>> limiter, but... well.. you may know - especially if it helped ;-)
>>
>> As to troubleshooting the SQL issue: did you manually try the insert
>> statement? Did the sql server error log give you more information?
>>
>> Could you at least post the startup part of the debug log? Be sure to
>> check for passwords etc. before doing so.
>>
>> Rainer
>>
>> El mar, 13 dic 2022 a las 15:21, helices
>> (<mike+rsys...@mdsresource.net>) escribió:
>> >
>> > Done.
>> >
>> > Apparently, this issue happens mostly in the very early morning hours.
>> >
>> > It seems to be associated with the original issue in my original post:
>> >
>> > 2022-12-13T02:23:44.392947-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[2539]: action 'Sftp' 
>> > (module 'ommysql.so') message lost, could not be processed. Check for 
>> > additional error messages before this one. [v8.2212.0 try 
>> > https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2218 ]
>> > 2022-12-13T02:23:44.399259-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[2539]: ommysql: db error 
>> > (1172): Result consisted of more than one row  [v8.2212.0]
>> > 2022-12-13T02:23:44.399470-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[2539]: The error 
>> > statement was: insert into SystemEvents (Message, Facility, FromHost, 
>> > Priority, DeviceReportedTime, ReceivedAt, InfoUnitID, SysLogTag) values 
>> > ('Received disconnect from 44.228.232.55 port 53606:11: disconnected by 
>> > user [postauth]', 10, 'hermes', 6, '20221213020903', '20221213020903', 1, 
>> > 'sshd[23880]:') [v8.2212.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2218 ]
>> >
>> > I remain unclear on how to get more details regarding this to a log file.
>> >
>> > Thank you for your assistance.
>> >
>> > ~ Mike
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 8:01 AM Rainer Gerhards <rgerha...@hq.adiscon.com> 
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I would probably make sense to create a debug log, at least for
>> >> startup, to show what actually happened.
>> >>
>> >> Doc: https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/master/troubleshooting/howtodebug.html
>> >>
>> >> Rainer
>> >>
>> >> El mar, 13 dic 2022 a las 15:00, helices
>> >> (<mike+rsys...@mdsresource.net>) escribió:
>> >> >
>> >> > No, it still rate-limits. I verified that the restart restarted 
>> >> > rsyslogd:
>> >> >
>> >> > # systemctl -l status rsyslog
>> >> > * rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
>> >> >    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; 
>> >> > vendor preset: enabled)
>> >> >    Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-12-12 13:58:40 CST; 18h ago
>> >> >      Docs: man:rsyslogd(8)
>> >> >            https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/
>> >> >  Main PID: 2539 (rsyslogd)
>> >> >    CGroup: /system.slice/rsyslog.service
>> >> >            `-2539 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
>> >> >
>> >> > Dec 13 04:58:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 05:18:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 05:38:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 05:58:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 06:18:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 06:38:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 06:58:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 07:18:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 07:38:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> > Dec 13 07:58:43 hermes.provell.com rsyslogd[2539]: -- MARK --
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Yet, it is still rate-limiting:
>> >> >
>> >> > 2022-12-13T02:23:38.001127-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[2539]: 
>> >> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1808 messages lost due to rate-limiting 
>> >> > (500 allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> > 2022-12-13T02:23:44.003241-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[2539]: 
>> >> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1792 messages lost due to rate-limiting 
>> >> > (500 allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> > 2022-12-13T02:23:50.001278-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[2539]: 
>> >> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1779 messages lost due to rate-limiting 
>> >> > (500 allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> > 2022-12-13T02:23:56.001273-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[2539]: 
>> >> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1835 messages lost due to rate-limiting 
>> >> > (500 allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> > 2022-12-13T02:24:02.005300-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[2539]: 
>> >> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1768 messages lost due to rate-limiting 
>> >> > (500 allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Please, advise. Thank you.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 2:03 PM helices <mike+rsys...@mdsresource.net> 
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I just now restarted again, like this:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> # systemctl restart rsyslog
>> >> >>
>> >> >> We'll see overnight if that does the trick.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> # date; grep -v "^\(#\|\s*$\)" /etc/rsyslog.conf ;date
>> >> >> Mon Dec 12 13:56:12 CST 2022
>> >> >> module(load="imjournal" Ratelimit.Burst="30000" 
>> >> >> Ratelimit.Interval="1000" StateFile="imjournal.state")
>> >> >> module(load="imklog")
>> >> >> module(load="immark")
>> >> >> module(load="impstats" interval="600" severity="7")
>> >> >> syslog.=debug /var/log/rsyslog-stats
>> >> >> module(load="imtcp")
>> >> >> input(type="imtcp" port="514")
>> >> >> module(load="imudp")
>> >> >> input(type="imudp" port="514")
>> >> >> module(load="ommysql.so")
>> >> >> global(workDirectory="/var/lib/rsyslog")
>> >> >> authpriv.none;cron.none;*.info;mail.none    /var/log/messages
>> >> >> authpriv.*                                  /var/log/secure
>> >> >> cron.*                                      /var/log/cron
>> >> >> *.emerg                                     :omusrmsg:*
>> >> >> ftp.*                                       /var/log/vsftpd.log
>> >> >> local7.*                                    /var/log/boot.log
>> >> >> mail.*                                      /var/log/maillog
>> >> >> uucp,news.crit                              /var/log/spooler
>> >> >> $ActionName Ftp
>> >> >> $ActionQueueFileName dbFtpQueue   # Set file name, also enables disk 
>> >> >> mode
>> >> >> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on     # Save messages to disk on shutdown
>> >> >> $ActionQueueType LinkedList       # Use asynchronous processing
>> >> >> $ActionResumeRetryCount -1        # Infinite retries on insert failure
>> >> >> ftp.*                             
>> >> >> :ommysql:10.199.5.177,vsftplog,hermesvsftplog,_____
>> >> >> $ActionName Sftp
>> >> >> $ActionQueueFileName dbSftpQueue   # Set file name, also enables disk 
>> >> >> mode
>> >> >> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on      # Save messages to disk on shutdown
>> >> >> $ActionQueueType LinkedList        # Use asynchronous processing
>> >> >> $ActionResumeRetryCount -1         # Infinite retries on insert failure
>> >> >> authpriv.*                         
>> >> >> :ommysql:10.199.5.177,sftplogDB,hermesvsftplog,_____
>> >> >> $ActionName Admin
>> >> >> $ActionQueueFileName ZenossQueue  # Set file name, also enables disk 
>> >> >> mode
>> >> >> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on     # Save messages to disk on shutdown
>> >> >> $ActionQueueType LinkedList       # Use asynchronous processing
>> >> >> $ActionResumeRetryCount -1        # Infinite retries on insert failure
>> >> >> *.*                               @@10.199.1.160
>> >> >> Mon Dec 12 13:56:12 CST 2022
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 1:34 PM David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> did you do a full restart after making the change? can you show the 
>> >> >>> full config?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> the messages you are showing are saying taht the config line you show 
>> >> >>> isn't
>> >> >>> being used.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> David Lang
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Mon, 12 Dec 2022, helices via rsyslog wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:39:54 -0600
>> >> >>> > From: helices via rsyslog <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com>
>> >> >>> > To: Rainer Gerhards <rgerha...@hq.adiscon.com>
>> >> >>> > Cc: helices <mike+rsys...@mdsresource.net>,
>> >> >>> >     rsyslog-users <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com>
>> >> >>> > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Rsyslogd/ommysql.so: Not writing to DB 
>> >> >>> > intermittently
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > We're still missing something:
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > module(load="imjournal" Ratelimit.Burst="30000" 
>> >> >>> > Ratelimit.Interval="1000"
>> >> >>> > StateFile="imjournal.state")
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:53:14.001626-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1728 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:53:20.004006-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1818 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:53:26.003870-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1794 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:53:32.005388-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1797 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:53:38.001367-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1812 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:53:44.006085-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1791 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:53:50.005487-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1797 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:53:56.001546-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1808 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> > 2022-12-12T00:54:02.007743-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[1536]:
>> >> >>> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1759 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > What are we missing?
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > Please, advise. Thank you.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 8:49 AM Rainer Gerhards 
>> >> >>> > <rgerha...@hq.adiscon.com>
>> >> >>> > wrote:
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >> you set the interval, but not ratelimit.burst
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> doc:
>> >> >>> >> https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/modules/imjournal.html
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> Rainer
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> El mar, 6 dic 2022 a las 15:16, helices via rsyslog
>> >> >>> >> (<rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com>) escribió:
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > David,
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > What am I doing wrong?
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > module(load="imjournal" Ratelimit.Interval="10000"
>> >> >>> >> > StateFile="imjournal.state")
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > 2022-12-06T07:19:26.004772-06:00 hermes rsyslogd[29735]:
>> >> >>> >> > rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 1755 messages lost due to 
>> >> >>> >> > rate-limiting (500
>> >> >>> >> > allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > Please, advise. Thank you.
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > ~ Mike
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 3:12 PM David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote:
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, helices wrote:
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > > [1] What is "action() syntax?" Which lines ought to be 
>> >> >>> >> > > > converted?
>> >> >>> >> How?
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/master/configuration/basic_structure.html#statement-types
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > instead of
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > @@10.0.0.1
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > you would do
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > action(type="omfwd" target="10.0.0.1" port="514" 
>> >> >>> >> > > protocol="tcp")
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > for this trivial example, the earlier syntax makes more sense, 
>> >> >>> >> > > but when
>> >> >>> >> > > you have
>> >> >>> >> > > more complex things (like the queues that you have), adding 
>> >> >>> >> > > them all
>> >> >>> >> into
>> >> >>> >> > > the
>> >> >>> >> > > action makes it clearer exactly what is happening
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > so you currently have
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionName Admin
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueDequeueSlowdown 1000  # How long (in 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> microseconds)
>> >> >>> >> > > dequeueing
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> should be delayed
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueFileName ZenossQueue  # Set file name, also 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> enables
>> >> >>> >> disk
>> >> >>> >> > > mode
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on     # Save messages to disk 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> on
>> >> >>> >> shutdown
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueType LinkedList       # Use asynchronous 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> processing
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionResumeRetryCount -1        # Infinite retries on 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> insert
>> >> >>> >> failure
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> *.*                               @@10.199.1.160
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > This would be
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > action(name="Admin" type="omfwd" target="10.199.1.160" 
>> >> >>> >> > > protocol="tcp"
>> >> >>> >> > > queue.filename="ZenossQueue" queue.saveonshutdown="on"
>> >> >>> >> > > queue.type="linkedlist"
>> >> >>> >> > > resumeretrycount="-1" queue.dequeueslowdown="1000")
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > this makes it very clear that all these parameters apply only 
>> >> >>> >> > > to this
>> >> >>> >> > > action
>> >> >>> >> > > (which is what the old syntax does, but it's less obvious to 
>> >> >>> >> > > people
>> >> >>> >> that
>> >> >>> >> > > it only
>> >> >>> >> > > applies to the next action)
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > > [2] Where is the "pause" you mention? I don't recognize that.
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > $ActionQueueDequeueSlowdown 1000  # How long (in microseconds)
>> >> >>> >> dequeueing
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > This tells rsyslog to pause after each batch of messages before
>> >> >>> >> processing
>> >> >>> >> > > the
>> >> >>> >> > > next batch.
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > > [3] impstats? Permanently? Only for this debugging?
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > I like to have it on permanently, but especially for debugging 
>> >> >>> >> > > it
>> >> >>> >> provides
>> >> >>> >> > > a lot
>> >> >>> >> > > of useful info
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > > [4] How to modify imjournal rate limits?
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > see
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/modules/imjournal.html
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > > [5] RSYSLOG_DebugFormat? I found this:
>> >> >>> >> > > > https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/templates.html
>> >> >>> >> - Is
>> >> >>> >> > > > that example proper by itself? Where does this template go? 
>> >> >>> >> > > > How can I
>> >> >>> >> > > > specify the file and location for debugging?
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > as I said below
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > >> ftp.* /var/log/ftp;RSYSLOG_DebugFormat (legacy format, add
>> >> >>> >> > > template="RSYSLOG_DebugFormat" to that action() format)
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > > If there are URLs to inform me, I appreciate your direction.
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/modules/imjournal.html
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/modules/ommysql.html
>> >> >>> >> > > https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/modules/omfwd.html
>> >> >>> >> > > https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/master/configuration/actions.html
>> >> >>> >> > > https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/master/rainerscript/queue_parameters.html
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/configuration/modules/omfile.html
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > feel free to keep asking questions.
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > David Lang
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > >
>> >> >>> >> > > > ~ Mike
>> >> >>> >> > > >
>> >> >>> >> > > >
>> >> >>> >> > > >
>> >> >>> >> > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 1:33 PM David Lang <da...@lang.hm> 
>> >> >>> >> > > > wrote:
>> >> >>> >> > > >
>> >> >>> >> > > >> it would be useful to convert to the action() syntax as it 
>> >> >>> >> > > >> makes it
>> >> >>> >> > > >> clearer
>> >> >>> >> > > >> what's happening.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >> Why are you pausing between writing logs? (this could be 
>> >> >>> >> > > >> why you are
>> >> >>> >> > > >> dropping
>> >> >>> >> > > >> logs)
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >> given the number of queues and actions, look at configuring
>> >> >>> >> impstats so
>> >> >>> >> > > >> that you
>> >> >>> >> > > >> can see the number of messages in the queues, number 
>> >> >>> >> > > >> processed, etc.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >> imjournal defaults to some fairly aggressive rate limiting, 
>> >> >>> >> > > >> I find
>> >> >>> >> that
>> >> >>> >> > > I
>> >> >>> >> > > >> always
>> >> >>> >> > > >> need to drastically increase the limits.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >> writing logs using the RSYSLOG_DebugFormat is adding the 
>> >> >>> >> > > >> template
>> >> >>> >> to the
>> >> >>> >> > > >> file
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >> ftp.* /var/log/ftp;RSYSLOG_DebugFormat (legacy format, add
>> >> >>> >> > > >> template="RSYSLOG_DebugFormat" to that action() format)
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >> the debug format is large, but you really need to see the 
>> >> >>> >> > > >> message
>> >> >>> >> that's
>> >> >>> >> > > >> failing
>> >> >>> >> > > >> to figure out why it's failing. The MySQL logs may give you 
>> >> >>> >> > > >> better
>> >> >>> >> info
>> >> >>> >> > > on
>> >> >>> >> > > >> that.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >> David Lang
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >> On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, helices wrote:
>> >> >>> >> > > >>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 13:26:47 -0600
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> From: helices <mike+rsys...@mdsresource.net>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> To: David Lang <da...@lang.hm>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> Cc: helices via rsyslog <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Rsyslogd/ommysql.so: Not writing to 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> DB
>> >> >>> >> > > >> intermittently
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> Thank you.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> [1] rsyslog.conf
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> # date; grep -v "^\(#\|\s*$\)" /etc/rsyslog.conf ;date
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> Thu Dec  1 13:19:34 CST 2022
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> module(load="imjournal" StateFile="imjournal.state")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> module(load="imklog")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> module(load="immark")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> module(load="impstats" interval="600" severity="7")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> syslog.=debug /var/log/rsyslog-stats
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> module(load="imtcp")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> input(type="imtcp" port="514")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> module(load="imudp")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> input(type="imudp" port="514")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> module(load="ommysql.so")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> global(workDirectory="/var/lib/rsyslog")
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> authpriv.none;cron.none;*.info;mail.none    
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> /var/log/messages
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> authpriv.*                                  /var/log/secure
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> cron.*                                      /var/log/cron
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> *.emerg                                     :omusrmsg:*
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> ftp.*                                       
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> /var/log/vsftpd.log
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> local7.*                                    
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> /var/log/boot.log
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> mail.*                                      
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> /var/log/maillog
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> uucp,news.crit                              
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> /var/log/spooler
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionName Ftp
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueDequeueSlowdown 1000  # How long (in 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> microseconds)
>> >> >>> >> > > dequeueing
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> should be delayed
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueFileName dbFtpQueue   # Set file name, also 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> enables
>> >> >>> >> disk
>> >> >>> >> > > mode
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on     # Save messages to disk 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> on
>> >> >>> >> shutdown
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueType LinkedList       # Use asynchronous 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> processing
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionResumeRetryCount -1        # Infinite retries on 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> insert
>> >> >>> >> failure
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> ftp.*
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> :ommysql:10.199.5.177,vsftplog,hermesvsftplog,_____
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionName Sftp
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueDequeueSlowdown 1000   # How long (in 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> microseconds)
>> >> >>> >> > > >> dequeueing
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> should be delayed
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueFileName dbSftpQueue   # Set file name, also 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> enables
>> >> >>> >> disk
>> >> >>> >> > > >> mode
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on      # Save messages to disk 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> on
>> >> >>> >> shutdown
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueType LinkedList        # Use asynchronous 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> processing
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionResumeRetryCount -1         # Infinite retries on 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> insert
>> >> >>> >> failure
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> authpriv.*
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> :ommysql:10.199.5.177,sftplogDB,hermesvsftplog,_____
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionName Admin
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueDequeueSlowdown 1000  # How long (in 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> microseconds)
>> >> >>> >> > > dequeueing
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> should be delayed
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueFileName ZenossQueue  # Set file name, also 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> enables
>> >> >>> >> disk
>> >> >>> >> > > mode
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on     # Save messages to disk 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> on
>> >> >>> >> shutdown
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionQueueType LinkedList       # Use asynchronous 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> processing
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> $ActionResumeRetryCount -1        # Infinite retries on 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> insert
>> >> >>> >> failure
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> *.*                               @@10.199.1.160
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> Thu Dec  1 13:19:34 CST 2022
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> [2] How do we "log the message with the template
>> >> >>> >> RSYSLOG_DebugFormat
>> >> >>> >> > > to a
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> file?" How much disk space is needed? This problem appears 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> to have
>> >> >>> >> > > >> started
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> recently, and appears to happen once or twice per day, 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> without a
>> >> >>> >> common
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> time.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> [3] I didn't notice the rate-limiting until now. It is not
>> >> >>> >> uncommon.
>> >> >>> >> > > How
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> can we avoid losing so many messages?
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> ~ Mike
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 1:05 PM David Lang <da...@lang.hm> 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>> wrote:
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> please post your full config.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> It would also help to log the message with the template
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> RSYSLOG_DebugFormat to a
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> file and find the log entry that is failing to insert.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> my guess is that the quotes in the message are confusing 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> mysql
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> note that rate limiting is throwing away messages because 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> you are
>> >> >>> >> > > trying
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> to
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> process them too fast.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> David Lang
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, helices via rsyslog wrote:
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 10:08:01 -0600
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> From: helices via rsyslog <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> To: rsyslog-users <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Cc: helices <mike+rsys...@mdsresource.net>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Subject: [rsyslog] Rsyslogd/ommysql.so: Not writing to DB
>> >> >>> >> > > >> intermittently
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> # date; /bin/yum list rsyslog rsyslog-mysql ;date
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Thu Dec  1 09:47:18 CST 2022
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> * base: download.cf.centos.org
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> * epel: mirror.genesisadaptive.com
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> * extras: download.cf.centos.org
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> * remi-php56: mirror.pit.teraswitch.com
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> * remi-safe: mirror.pit.teraswitch.com
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> * updates: download.cf.centos.org
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Installed Packages
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> rsyslog.x86_64
>> >> >>> >> > >  8.2210.0-1.el7
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>                                 @rsyslog_v8
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> rsyslog-mysql.x86_64
>> >> >>> >> > >  8.2210.0-1.el7
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>                                 @rsyslog_v8
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Thu Dec  1 09:47:19 CST 2022
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Sample of numerous error messages (/var/log/messages):
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> rsyslogd[17344]: ommysql: db error (1172): Result 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> consisted of
>> >> >>> >> more
>> >> >>> >> > > >> than
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> one row  [v8.2210.0]
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> rsyslogd[17344]: The error statement was: insert into
>> >> >>> >> SystemEvents
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> (Message, Facility, FromHost, Priority, 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> DeviceReportedTime,
>> >> >>> >> > > ReceivedAt,
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> InfoUnitID, SysLogTag) values ('close
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> "/incoming/wood.pgez.scen.11302022.sa.pgp" bytes read 0 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> written
>> >> >>> >> 2603
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> [postauth]', 10, 'hermes', 6, '20221201081257',
>> >> >>> >> '20221201081257', 1,
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> 'sshd[19654]:') [v8.2210.0 try 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2218 ]
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> rsyslogd[17344]: rsyslogd[internal_messages]: 215 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> messages lost
>> >> >>> >> due
>> >> >>> >> > > to
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> rate-limiting (500 allowed within 5 seconds)
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> rsyslogd[17344]: action 'Sftp' (module 'ommysql.so') 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> message
>> >> >>> >> lost,
>> >> >>> >> > > >> could
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> not be processed. Check for additional error messages 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> before this
>> >> >>> >> > > one.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> [v8.2210.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2218 ]
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> We have been writing all data from Internet file 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> transfers to a
>> >> >>> >> Mysql
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> table
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> for years. Recently, we began seeing intermittent errors 
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> like
>> >> >>> >> those
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>> above.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> What is happening here?
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> What can we do to fix this problem?
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> Please, advise. Thank you.
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>>
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> ~ Mike
>> >> >>> >> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________
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