I had to use ktrace to find the culprit, but now the DNS requests count for a particular PTR record on my LAN is down from ~1133/hour to 2/hour.
-> just a nice -n in syslogd params.
Quite a win.
#dns #ktrace #freebsd #syslog

Hat eins zufällig ein #Grafana #Dashboard für #Fortimail Logs rumliegen, die via #Syslog aus dem Teil in nem #Loki landen?

Hab auf die Schnelle nix gefunden...

Oder hat eins Bedarf?
Die tollen Dashboards immer nur für mich zu basteln ist auch irgendwie schade.

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Adding the new #syslog feature to #PegaProx for #Proxmox clusters during Easter is basically: hiding eggs → finding eggs → realizing some eggs are actually critical alerts

For real, many people asked me for their smaller and mid-sized environments, how to handle remote syslog of their nodes. I had some ideas (some of you may have already found my Rust interpretation of this) but I think having this included in #PegaProx as a centralized management interface makes more sense.

So, PegaProx comes with an own syslog server (ipv4/ipv6, udp/tcp, encrypted/unencrypted support) and is wired to the interface within the resources tab. Providing a quick overview of all your logs and filter options. The next thing is wiring it to the notification system of PegaProx, allowing automated alerting. Might be nice to quickly identify when the quorum got lost - all built-in into PegaProx!

#easter #development #coding #python #opensource #foss #pve #proxmox #proxmoxve #virtualization #vmware #alternatives #free #logging #security #gyptazy #proxmoxdatacenter #homelab #enterprise

Why do I continue to maintain #sysklogd on Linux when there's #rsyslog and #syslogng?

I believe what sysklogd has going for it is exactly what the competitors sacrificed: simplicity, a tiny footprint, zero dependencies beyond libc, and a config file a human can read in five minutes. On embedded systems, routers, and appliances that's not a consolation prize — it's the point.

#opensource #linux #syslog

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@whitequark Can't it log via #Syslog to another device on lan?

(I'm a complete PXE, NetBoot noob but interested )

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nc -k -l -u 192.0.2.1 514 | awk 'BEGIN{nc="nc -q0 -u 198.51.100.1 514"}{print strftime("<13>%b %d %H:%M:%S bgw320-505 ATT-BGW320: ")$0 | nc; print $0}'

`nc` net cat

`-k` When a connection is completed, listen for another one.

`-l` Listen for an incoming connection rather than initiating a connection to a remote host.

`-u` Use UDP instead of TCP.

`192.0.2.1` & `514` IP & port to listen on.

`awk` Text manipulation tool

`BEGIN{...}` initialization block

`nc="..."` assign the net cat command and parameters to the `nc` variable.

`-q0` after EOF on stdin, wait the specified number of seconds and then quit.

`198.51.100.1` & `514` IP & port to send modified data to.

`print ... | nc` print the output into the command specified in the `nc` variable.

`strftime(...)` create a formatted time string

`<13>` Textual form of encoding of the `user` facility and `notice` level.

`%b` abbreviated month

`%d` day of month with space padding

`%H` hour of day in 0-23

`%M` minute of hour

`%S` second of minute

`bgw320-505` hostname

`ATT-BGW320:` message TAG

`$0` message CONTENT

` | nc` connect the output of the `print` into the input of the command defined in the `nc` variable.

`print $0` print the line to STDOUT (separate from the `nc` command) used to help debug things.

Two standard Unix commands; #nc and #awk, put together creatively allow creating a #SYSLOG relay.