Confused about syslogs
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:11 pm
I ran the script to send Ubuntu syslogs to the Nagios Log Server. All seems good - I see syslog entries feeding into the server and can query the data.
However, should I only expect log entries from syslog or should I see entries from other logs?
I have a custom application log file that is using syslog.h and end up in a log file under /var/log. Should I expect them to flow into Log Server automatically or are there additional steps i need to take?
When I run the "Send Linux Files to Nagios Log Server" version of the script on my app log, the log entries then appear redundantly in syslog and then appear in Log Server, but appear with the log entry stuffed into the syslog with redundant time stamps and they loose their original severity (which is undesired).
However, should I only expect log entries from syslog or should I see entries from other logs?
I have a custom application log file that is using syslog.h and end up in a log file under /var/log. Should I expect them to flow into Log Server automatically or are there additional steps i need to take?
When I run the "Send Linux Files to Nagios Log Server" version of the script on my app log, the log entries then appear redundantly in syslog and then appear in Log Server, but appear with the log entry stuffed into the syslog with redundant time stamps and they loose their original severity (which is undesired).