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Nicias
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 Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:23 pm Post subject: Capturing syslog input [Solved] |
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I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but this is my situation: I am using metalog as my logger and I am generally satisfied with it. I have a network device (a Boxee Box) that sends out its log's to udp port 514 on a device of my choosing. I can grab these logs as root with
but I would like them to show up nicely logged someplace in /var/log.... so they could be rotated, cleaned, etc. How do I do this?
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Found socat, which works with the command: | Code: | | socat -u UDP-LISTEN:514 UNIX-SENDTO:/dev/log |
I'll put it in my /etc/local.d/network-logging.start or somesuch. |
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eccerr0r
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Location: almost Mile High in the USA
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| Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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For anyone running real syslogd/syslog-ng on their main machine instead of metalog, it could be used. Just add a udp source for syslog-ng:
| Code: | source extsrc {
udp ();
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a new destination
| Code: | destination external { file("/var/log/netlog" owner(root) flush_lines(0) group(wheel) perm(0640) dir_perm(0755) create_dirs(no)); };
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and start logging
| Code: | log { source(extsrc); destination(external); };
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BTW, yes, syslogd is indeed a really messy in terms of its config file. syslog-ng is a bit better but you have to understand how it wants to work. I've never used metalog before and it seems totally different than the classical syslogs...
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