[SOLVED] syslog-ng eating 100% cpu

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ats2 · Post by **ats2** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:59 pm

Hi,
I discovered this recently on a server (actually an iptables firewall). I didn't change the syslog-ng.conf and a few weeks ago, all was fine. Now, syslog-ng eats up to 100%, according to top. I've upgraded to the latest syslog-ng without any change.

No special problems with the fw, btw. I log what's dropped and there's no more things than usual.

Any idea ?

Thx.
ATS2

eccerr0r · Post by **eccerr0r** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:10 pm

What version? (just to make sure other people don't see the same thing on the same version)

What I'd do to debug this: reconfigure your syslog-ng.conf to stock and see if it still exhibits the same behavior. How did you write your new rules?

ats2 · Post by **ats2** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:36 pm

Oops, sorry for the false alarm : actually, I get 40000 lines of the same firewall log rule in one day. I guess the problem isn't with the firewall, but with what's behind it.

Sorry again and thanks for the help.

ATS2