Hello Ken: I've been working on something similar. Have a look at the proposal I sent to my boss. This is just a rough draft. On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Kenneth Holter <kenneho.ndu@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 > -- Ezra Taylor
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