That works - thanks!  The only thing it does not do is forward the logs we
have configured in /etc/rsyslog.d.  Is that correct or is there potentially
a different issue?  We put the stops in there because the audit logs were
appearing in /var/log/syslog.

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 3:18 AM Rainer Gerhards <rgerha...@hq.adiscon.com>
wrote:

> Move the forwarding rule to the top, that should solve your issue.
>
> Rainer
>
> Sent from phone, thus brief.
>
> David Lang via rsyslog <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com> schrieb am Do., 17.
> Aug. 2023, 19:16:
>
>> all of those &stop lines are telling rsyslog that if it matches the
>> filter and
>> writes it to the file that it should stop processing that message.
>>
>> As a result, anything that gets written to a local file will stop
>> processing
>> before it gets down to your udp sending action
>>
>> David Lang
>>
>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2023, kathy lyons wrote:
>>
>> > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:12:03 -0400
>> > From: kathy lyons <kathy.ly...@zayo.com>
>> > To: David Lang <da...@lang.hm>
>> > Cc: kathy lyons via rsyslog <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog - problem sending udp traffic
>> >
>> > Here it is:
>> >
>> > module(load="imfile")
>> > module(load="imuxsock")
>> > module(load="imklog")
>> > module(load="imjournal")
>> >
>> > timezone(id="UTC")
>> > $ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat
>> >
>> > $RepeatedMsgReduction on
>> >
>> > $FileOwner syslog
>> > $FileGroup adm
>> >
>> > global(net.enableDNS="off" workDirectory="/var/spool/rsyslog"
>> > maxMessageSize="128K")
>> >
>> > $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
>> >
>> > audit.*          action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/audit/audit.log")
>> > & stop
>> > auth.warning;authpriv.info.*          action(type="omfile"
>> > file="/var/log/auth.log")
>> > & stop
>> > auth,authpriv.none                   action(type="omfile"
>> > file="/var/log/syslog")
>> > & stop
>> > cron.info                                    action(type="omfile"
>> > file="/var/log/cron.log")
>> > & stop
>> > daemon.info          action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/daemon.log")
>> > & stop
>> > kern.info          action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/kern.log")
>> > & stop
>> > user.info          action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/user.log")
>> > & stop
>> >
>> > local7.*            action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/boot.log")
>> > & stop
>> >
>> > *.* @x.x.x.x
>> >
>> > rsyslogd -N1 shows no errors.  strace shows no errors.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 12:15 PM David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote:
>> >
>> >> please post your full config.
>> >>
>> >> I would also check your firewall config (iptables/nftables) on the
>> system
>> >> to see
>> >> if it's blocking the connection.
>> >>
>> >> Also make sure you have a route to the destination IP (you probably
>> have a
>> >> default route that does this, but it is something we've run across)
>> >>
>> >> are you seeing any startup errors? or config errors (start rsyslog
>> >> manually with
>> >> rsyslogd -N1
>> >>
>> >> if none of that helps, we may need to get debug info, but start with
>> the
>> >> simpler
>> >> stuff. Normally this 'just works' so I'd guess that it's a syntax error
>> >> somewhere in the config.
>> >>
>> >> David Lang
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, 16 Aug 2023, kathy lyons via rsyslog wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I hope this is the right place to ask this question.  I have a basic
>> >>> rsyslog setup sending udp data from a Debian 11 host to a remote
>> server.
>> >>> At the bottom of my rsyslog.conf file I have:
>> >>>
>> >>>  *.* @x.x.x.x
>> >>>
>> >>> Logs are being sent to /var/log/daemon.log, /var/log/syslog, etc. so
>> I am
>> >>> not worried about that. The problem is that on the device itself I do
>> not
>> >>> see any logs leaving the device. Nor do I see them at the firewall
>> >>> (x.x.x.x).  I  have used netcat to see if the remote port is open and
>> >>> reachable and it is.  I have re-install rsyslog and restarted it.
>> >> Nothing
>> >>> seems to work.
>> >>>
>> >>> However, when I issue the logger command:
>> >>>
>> >>> logger -n x.x.x.x -P 514 -d "This is a test"
>> >>>
>> >>> I see that data.  What else can I check with my rsyslog setup?  Thank
>> >> you.
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