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How to get rid of unwanted messages in rsyslog?
For example, this configuration: # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don’t log private authentication messages! # The authpriv file has restricted access. # Log all the mail messages in one place. logs all messages to /var/log/messages, even those that then shall be discarded.
Do you need a local log file for rsyslog?
I want local log files written and retained in addition to off-site logging, but I don’t like the idea of having identical log data going in two local files. Am I missing something important here? Is it possible to skip having rsyslog (redundantly) write to a local file and only send data remotely?
How does the discard action work in rsyslog?
This makes them being executed before any other action statement. So each message received will be checked against the two string and be discarded, if a match is found. Note that you can move the discard action to another place inside rsyslog.conf if you would like to write the messages to some files, but not to others.
What to do if syslog Cant connect to Loggly?
For syslog we use port 514. If you can’t connect it might be a network or firewall issue. Use tcpdump to verify data is being sent to Loggly. If you send your events in cleartext while tcpdump is running, you should be able to see them in the left hand column.
Is the Rsyslog logger message duplicated in systemd?
Results in this in /var/log/syslog, which is mentioned only once in rsyslog.conf: The message is repeated, and it would seem that all the other messages are as well. Some of them are exactly the same, and some of them differ in only one aspect: Apr 17 10:42:26 pidora systemd [1]: Stopping System Time Synchronized.
What does suppress ( 0 ) do in syslog-ng?
Defining suppress (0) doesn’t do what I want. When I got stuck with this same problem rsyslog was the easiest solution, despite syslog-ng is easy to understand and configure rsyslog has a bit more potential for my point of view.