I'm trying to get my local /var/log/syslog file under control. My current structure is to log remote files to /var/log/juniper/syslog/%fromhost-ip%/syslog.log. Below are my configurations.
rsyslog.conf
/etc# cat rsyslog.conf
# /etc/rsyslog.conf Configuration file for rsyslog.
#
# For more information see
# /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-doc/html/rsyslog_conf.html
#
# Default logging rules can be found in /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf
#################
#### MODULES ####
#################
$ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging $ModLoad imklog # provides kernel logging support (previously done by rklogd)
#$ModLoad immark # provides --MARK-- message capability
# provides UDP syslog reception $ModLoad imudp $UDPServerRun 514
# provides TCP syslog reception
#$ModLoad imtcp
#$InputTCPServerRun 514
###########################
#### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES ####
###########################
#
# Use traditional timestamp format.
# To enable high precision timestamps, comment out the following line.
# $ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat
# Filter duplicated messages $RepeatedMsgReduction on
#
# Set the default permissions for all log files.
# $FileOwner syslog $FileGroup adm $FileCreateMode 0640 $DirCreateMode 0755 $Umask 0022 $PrivDropToUser syslog $PrivDropToGroup syslog
#
# Where to place spool files
# $WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog
#
# Include all config files in /etc/rsyslog.d/
# $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
################
#### RULES #####
################
# This one is the template to generate the log filename dynamically, depending on the client's IP address.
$template JUNIPER,"/var/log/juniper/syslog/%fromhost-ip%/syslog.log"
# Log all messages to the dynamically formed file. Now each clients log will be under a separate directory which is formed by the template FILENAME.
*.* ?JUNIPER
/etc#
50-default.conf
/etc/rsyslog.d# cat 50-default.conf
# Default rules for rsyslog.
#
# For more information see rsyslog.conf(5) and /etc/rsyslog.conf
#
# First some standard log files. Log by facility.
#
auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
#cron.* /var/log/cron.log
#daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
#lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log
mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
#user.* -/var/log/user.log
#
# Logging for the mail system. Split it up so that
# it is easy to write scripts to parse these files.
#
#mail.info -/var/log/mail.info
#mail.warn -/var/log/mail.warn
mail.err /var/log/mail.err
#
# Logging for INN news system.
#
news.crit /var/log/news/news.crit
news.err /var/log/news/news.err
news.notice -/var/log/news/news.notice
#
# Some "catch-all" log files.
#
#*.=debug;\
# auth,authpriv.none;\
# news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug
#*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
# auth,authpriv.none;\
# cron,daemon.none;\
# mail,news.none -/var/log/messages
#
# Emergencies are sent to everybody logged in.
#
*.emerg :omusrmsg:*
#
# I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual
# console I usually leave idle.
#
#daemon,mail.*;\
# news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\
# *.=debug;*.=info;\
# *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8
# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility. To use it,
# you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option:
#
# $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
#
# NOTE: adjust the list below, or you'll go crazy if you have a reasonably
# busy site..
#
daemon.*;mail.*;\
news.err;\
*.=debug;*.=info;\
*.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
/etc/rsyslog.d#
*.* ?JUNIPER is effectively logging everything from everyone (including locahost) to the template $template JUNIPER,"/var/log/juniper/syslog/%fromhost-ip%/syslog.log”.
*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog is then doubling my log files to the regular /var/log/syslog file.
How can I filter these results down so that the localhost is logging to it’s original location (/var/log/syslog) and remote clients only log to their respective location (/var/log/juniper/syslog/%fromhost-ip%/syslog.log)?
