[CentOS] Binding rsyslogd to specific ip address

carlopmart carlopmart at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 14:16:52 UTC 2010


On 12/14/2010 02:41 PM, Bob Beers wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:22 AM, carlopmart<carlopmart at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>   Somebody knows how can I bind rsyslogd to a specific ip adress?? I have two
>> different interfaces on a centos5.5 host and I need to bind rsyslog to only one.
>>
>
> Hi CL,
>
> I looked here:<http://wiki.rsyslog.com/index.php/Very_simple_config_--_starting_point_for_modifications>
> and read this:
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> # -- Loading modules
>
> $ModLoad immark
> $ModLoad imudp
> $ModLoad imtcp
> $ModLoad imuxsock
> $ModLoad imklog
>
> # I also wanted to be able to receive syslog traffic
>
> $UDPServerAddress 0.0.0.0
> $UDPServerRun 514
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>
> Over here<http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v3compatibility.html>:
> I read this:
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> The following example configures an UDP syslog server at the local
> address 192.0.2.1 on port 514:
>
> $ModLoad imudp
> $UDPServerAddress 192.0.2.1 # this MUST be before the $UDPServerRun directive!
> $UDPServerRun 514
>
> "$UDPServerAddress *" means listen on all local interfaces. This is
> the default if no directive is specified.
>
> Please note that now multiple listeners are supported. For example,
> you can do the following:
>
> $ModLoad imudp
> $UDPServerAddress 192.0.2.1 # this MUST be before the $UDPServerRun directive!
> $UDPServerRun 514
> $UDPServerAddress * # all local interfaces
> $UDPServerRun 1514
>
> These config file settings run two listeners: one at 192.0.2.1:514 and
> one on port 1514, which listens on all local interfaces.
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> HTH,
> -Bob

Oops sorry. I prefer to bind via tcp port, if it is possible... is it?

Thanks.



-- 
CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com



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