Support for sending messages to a custom port on remote server
Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RULE := SELECTOR ACTION [;OPTION]
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SELECTOR := [SELECTOR;]facility[,facility].[!=]severity
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ACTION := /path/to/file
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|= |/path/to/named/pipe
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|= @remote[.host.tld]
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|= @remote[.host.tld][:PORT]
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OPTION := [OPTION,]
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|= RFC3164
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|= RFC5424
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@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ Full remote logging support is available in
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.Nm syslogd ,
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i.e. to send messages to a remote syslog server, and and to receive
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messages from remote hosts. To forward messages to another host,
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prepend the hostname with the at sign ('@').
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prepend the hostname with the at sign ('@'). If a port number is added
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after a colon (':') then that port will be used as the destination port
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rather than the usual syslog port.
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.Pp
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This feature makes it possible to collect all syslog messages in a
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network on a central host. This reduces administration needs and
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@ -488,13 +490,15 @@ command line option,
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*.*;kern.none -/var/log/messages ;rotate=100k:10
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.Ed
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.Ss Logging to Remote Syslog Server
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This rule redirects all messages to a remote host called
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.Ql finlandia
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with RFC5424 style formatting. This is useful especially in a cluster
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of machines where all syslog messages will be stored on only one
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machine.
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This rule redirects all messages to one remote host called
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.Ql finlandia ,
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with RFC5424 style formatting, and another remote host called
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.Ql sibelius ,
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but on a non-standard port and with RFC3164 formatting (i.e.,
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including timestamp and hostname).
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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*.* @finlandia ;RFC5424
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*.* @sibelius:5514 ;RFC3164
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.Ed
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -compact -width /etc/syslog.d/*.conf
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