Full configuration: [root@hostname]# cat /etc/rsyslog.conf # if you experience problems, check # http://www.rsyslog.com/troubleshoot for assistance
# rsyslog v3: load input modules # If you do not load inputs, nothing happens! # You may need to set the module load path if modules are not found. $ModLoad immark # provides --MARK-- message capability $ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger command) $ModLoad imklog # kernel logging (formerly provided by rklogd) # Log all kernel messages to the console. # Logging much else clutters up the screen. #kern.* /dev/console # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authentication messages! #*.error;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # Log cron stuff cron.* -/var/log/cron # Everybody gets emergency messages *.emerg * # Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file. uucp,news.crit -/var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.* /var/log/boot.log # Remote Logging (we use TCP for reliable delivery) # An on-disk queue is created for this action. If the remote host is # down, messages are spooled to disk and sent when it is up again. #$WorkDirectory /rsyslog/spool # where to place spool files #$ActionQueueFileName uniqName # unique name prefix for spool files #$ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace 1g # 1gb space limit (use as much as possible) #$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save messages to disk on shutdown #$ActionQueueType LinkedList # run asynchronously #$ActionResumeRetryCount -1 # infinite retries if host is down # remote host is: name/ip:port, e.g. 192.168.0.1:514, port optional #*.* @@remote-host:514 # ######### Receiving Messages from Remote Hosts ########## # TCP Syslog Server: # provides TCP syslog reception and GSS-API (if compiled to support it) $ModLoad imtcp.so # load module $InputTCPServerRun 514 # start up TCP listener at port 514 # UDP Syslog Server: $ModLoad imudp.so # provides UDP syslog reception $UDPServerRun 514 # start a UDP syslog server at standard port 514 $template Default,"/data/syslog/%HOSTNAME%/%HOSTNAME%.log" *.* ?Default [root@hostname]# What's a good way to look at message ratE? :Luke Marrott On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 1:03 PM, David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Nov 2012, Luke Marrott wrote: > > Sorry. I wasn't real clear. The server runs on a big VM in another >> location >> completely. No issues with the server during this time. This has been an >> ongoing thing. I'm running Splunk on the same box and if I turn off >> rsyslog >> and turn splunk on the same port it gets all the messages that don't seem >> to get picked up by rsyslog. >> >> Doesn't appear to be any rate limiting configuration. >> > > Ok, that is a different situation. In my experience, rsyslog is > signicantly better than Splunk at receiving messages. I've testing rsyslog > up to 380K messages/sec (gige wire speed) and others have tested rsyslog up > to 1M messages/sec, so it's unlikely to be something fundamental to > rsyslog, but it could easily be some resource contraint you are running > into. > > can you post your full configuration? > > what message rate are you seeing? > > > David Lang > ______________________________**_________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/**mailman/listinfo/rsyslog<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog> > http://www.rsyslog.com/**professional-services/<http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/> > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
