We're running rsyslog 2.0.6 downloaded from RHN, and are about to set up reliability/failover. I've found two setup tutorials for this: 1. http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_reliable_forwarding.html 2. http://wiki.rsyslog.com/index.php/FailoverSyslogServer It seems like both setups configure reliable transfer, but using a completely different syntax. Is it so that the former one is the syntax for newer versions of rsyslog? Regards, Kenneth On 1/26/09, Kenneth Holter <kenneho.ndu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello list. > > > I'm planning on setting up rsyslog servers (i.e. loghosts) to store syslog > messages from the various RHEL clients in the network. So far I have one > "master" server, and one relay server who forwards syslog messages to the > master server. The clients log either directly to the master, or to the > relay server. In other words, this: > Syslog clients ==> Relay rsyslog server ==> Master rsyslog server <== Syslog > clients > > It's possible to define failover behavior on the client side, either: > > Try one rsyslog server before spooling the messages > Try two or more rsyslog servers before spooling the messages > In the latter scenario one will need multiple failover rsyslog servers. But > since the clients are able to spool the messages, and forward them as soon > as the rsyslog server comes back up, I'm thinking that one rsyslog server > (one relay server and one master server, that is) will suffice. As long as > the messages are just temporarily stored locally, no messages should be > lost. > > Has anyone set up rsyslog (or other syslog-implementations) with failover > functionality, and would like to comment on these alternatives? > > Furhtermore, our RHEL clients are currently running sysklogd, so if there is > some way of setting up failover syslog server without having to upgrade to > rsyslog I'd appreciate a howto on this. I'm don't think this is a likely > approach, since TCP (as is supported in the rsyslog implementation) seems > like the best alternative when setting up failover. > > Regards, > Kenneth Holter > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
