Hi Manuel,

Does the user running rsyslog have rights to write in the working directory?

Best regards,
Radu

2012/6/29 Manuel Spies <[email protected]>:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a problem with my reliable rsyslog config.
>
> I use the rsyslog-mysql plugin in combination with RELP. The server receive 
> the data about the RELP protocol and save them to the mysql database. That 
> works fine.
>
> Here my hardware strutuce:
> [rsyslogClient]---->RELP>----[rsyslogServer]---->----[mySQLdatabase]
>
> The problem is, if the mysqlserver goes down (by reboot, network problems or 
> something like that), I lost every syslog messages that will be accrue during 
> this period. Once the mysqlserver are available again, the database catch 
> only the new rsyslog messages, not the messages how was generated on client 
> site during the disconnected period.
>
> I have monitored the working directory (/var/rsyslog/...) during this test 
> and the server doesn't create a file for the rsyslog buffer in this directory 
> although the connection is offline.
>
> The rsyslog configuration:
>
> #####
> ### /etc/rsyslog.d/60-mysyslog.conf
> $template mySyslog,"insert into mySyslog.mySystemEvents (from_host, priority, 
> message, device_reported_time, received_at, syslog_tag ) values 
> ('%HOSTNAME%', \
>        '%syslogpriority%', \
>        '%msg%', \
>        '%timereported:::date-mysql%', \
>        '%timegenerated:::date-mysql%', \
>        '%syslogtag%')",SQL
>
> $ModLoad ommysql
> $WorkDirectory /var/rsyslog/mysqlQ # default location for work files
> $ActionQueueType LinkedList     # use asynchronous processing
> $ActionQueueFileName dbq        # set file name, also enables disk mode
> $ActionResumeRetryCount -1      # infinite retries on insert failure
> $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on   # save in-memory data if
> :hostname, regex, "myAppServer[0-9]" 
> :ommysql:mysqlserver,mySyslog,root,password;mySyslog
> ###
> #####
>
> Why receive the mySQL database no log messages who was generated during the 
> offline period?
> What is my the problem?
>
> Thank you for any improvement suggestions or help.
>
> Best regards
> masp
>
>
>
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