Centos 6.3 as remote syslog server

eqtime · 11-08-2012, 06:06 PM

Hi, I want to have my switch log debugging information to my centos server.

in /etc/sysconfig I've changed rsyslog SYSLOGD_OPTIONS and added -r to allow remote logging and added the firewall rule.

I've added *.* @192.168.1.1:514, but when i try to restart rsyslog it gives me the error that the command is not found.

Can someone assist?

unSpawn · 11-09-2012, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eqtime

when i try to restart rsyslog it gives me the error that the command is not found.

Please post only exact error messages (not accounts or approximations of errors) and your Syslog configuration contents.

eqtime · 11-12-2012, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unSpawn

Please post only exact error messages (not accounts or approximations of errors) and your Syslog configuration contents.

Here is what I have

Code:

# Options for rsyslogd
# Syslogd options are deprecated since rsyslog v3.
# If you want to use them, switch to compatibility mode 2 by "-c 2"
# See rsyslogd(8) for more details
SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-r -m 0"

*.* @192.168.1.1:514

when I restart rsyslog

Code:

service rsyslog restart
/etc/sysconfig/rsyslog: line 7: initramfs-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.img: command not found
Shutting down system logger:                               [  OK  ]
Starting system logger:                                    [  OK  ]

Thanks!

unSpawn · 11-12-2012, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eqtime

Here is what I have

That's your /etc/sysconfig/rsyslog! It should not have the "*.* @" line: that should be in /etc/(r)syslog.conf.

linosaurusroot · 11-13-2012, 11:20 PM

I'd expect the syslog.conf on the Centos server to specify a file as the log destination. Then you need to tell the switch to send log data to it.