syslog-ng fails to start when using a remote loghost

[Andrew Pollock]

Binary package hint: syslog-ng

If syslog-ng is configured to log to a remote syslog server, it fails to start, because of the divergence between the legacy init scripts and the Upstart jobs. The network isn't up when /etc/rc2.d/S10syslog-ng runs, so it can't resolve the remote syslog server and exits.

The solution would seem to be to add an Upstart job.

[Andrew Pollock (apollock)]

This is the upstart job that seems to solve the problem for me:

description "syslog-ng"
author "Andrew Pollock <email address hidden>"

start on (net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
stop on runlevel [!2345]

pre-start script
  if [ ! -e /dev/xconsole ]
  then
    mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
  fi
end script

expect fork
respawn

exec /usr/sbin/syslog-ng

[Tchesmeli (tchesmeli-serge)]

Same trouble here. We have made an upstart script too:

# syslog-ng - regular background program processing daemon
#

description "Syslog-ng daemon"

start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
stop on runlevel [!2345]

expect fork
respawn

pre-start script
    test -x /usr/sbin/syslog-ng || { stop; exit 0; }
    mkdir -p -m0755 /var/run/syslog-ng
end script

exec /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -p /var/run/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.pid

[stchesmeli (stchesmeli-ext)]

More info:
it seems that upstart "think" the job is running, but not. syslog-ng doesn't started and send the error:

"Error resolving hostname; host='xxxxxxxxx'
No destination address set;"

(xxx the name of the remote loghost)

"initctl list" show syslog-ng job as started but without pid.

We have a complex network configuration whith VLAN and Direct routing (i have masqued the real public IP adress with XXX_MASQUED_IP_XXX on the lo:243 interface):

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:64:a2:89:72
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:64ff:fea2:8972/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:1820469 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1178910 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2360570249 (2.3 GB) TX bytes:115768332 (115.7 MB)
          Interrupt:16 Memory:fa000000-fa012800

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:64:a2:89:82
          inet addr:172.17.153.10 Bcast:172.17.153.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:64ff:fea2:8982/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:492 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2479 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:31488 (31.4 KB) TX bytes:754743 (754.7 KB)
          Interrupt:16 Memory:f6000000-f6012800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:4960 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4960 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:793400 (793.4 KB) TX bytes:793400 (793.4 KB)

lo:243 Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:XXX_MASQUED_IP_XXX Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

vlan200 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:64:a2:89:72
          inet addr:10.234.53.10 Bcast:10.234.53.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:64ff:fea2:8972/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:1820475 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1171695 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:2320520333 (2.3 GB) TX bytes:103167895 (103.1 MB)

vlan201 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:64:a2:89:72
          inet addr:172.16.153.10 Bcast:172.16.153.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:64ff:fea2:8972/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:468 (468.0 B)

We have access to resolver when vlan201 is UP. If i change the "start on" with:

start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=vlan201)

job is started. But it's not a solution for us, we are...

[Alexandre BLANC (alexandre-inforeseau)]

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