> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of konton > Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [rsyslog] What happens when the remote server is unavailable? > > I have 2 systems that I want to put rsyslog on and I'm investigating > my options. One system will be the rsyslog master and will log > everything to a database. The other will will forward all its logs to > the master syslog through an SSH tunnel. > > 1. What happens if I have a rule with an action > @tunnel_ip:tunnel_port, but I haven't created the tunnel yet? Will > rsyslog keep trying to connect to the remote server indefinitely?
Yes > > 2. Will rsyslog queue messages intended for the broken connection > until the connection is available, and then send them all once the > connection comes up? Depends on your configuration. You can specify what you want it to do. HTH Rainer > > Thanks, > Jason > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
