So I have asterisk 1.8.23 and want to send my logs to rsyslog. I tell asterisk to use syslog in addition to messages:
root@voip:~# tail -10 /etc/asterisk/logger.conf ;debug => debug console => notice,warning,error ;console => notice,warning,error,debug messages => notice,warning,error ;full => notice,warning,error,debug,verbose,dtmf,fax ;syslog keyword : This special keyword logs to syslog facility ; syslog.local0 => notice,warning,error ; root@voip:~# After reloading (asterisk -rx 'logger reload') the logger, it seems that Asterisk is happy: root@voip:~# asterisk -rx 'logger show channels' Channel Type Status Configuration ------- ---- ------ ------------- syslog.local0 Syslog Enabled - NOTICE WARNING ERROR /var/log/asterisk/messages File Enabled - NOTICE WARNING ERROR Console Enabled - NOTICE WARNING ERROR root@voip:~# So I set rsyslog: root@voip:~# fgrep asterisk /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf local0.* /var/log/asterisk/messages.log root@voip:~# and restart it. And then check the asterisk log directory: root@voip:~# ls -lh /var/log/asterisk/ total 3.7M drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Jul 22 20:57 cdr-csv drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4.0K Jun 28 14:16 cdr-custom -rw-rw---- 1 asterisk asterisk 252K Sep 26 09:37 messages -rw-rw---- 1 asterisk asterisk 248K Sep 22 05:14 messages.1 -rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 Sep 26 06:47 messages.log -rw-rw---- 1 asterisk asterisk 118 Sep 26 10:07 queue_log root@voip:~# It does not seem like much is being written to messages.log compared to messages. Anything I missed? -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users