Does anyone know of a CentOS-5 (el5) repo for rsyslog, that's being maintained on a relatively regular basis? I checked all the usual suspects (dag, karan, epel, etc.), but they either don't have rsyslog at all, or they have an old version.
Currently, I'm doing a rebuild of the Fedora-8 srpm, but it's at version 2.0.2. I wanted to move to 3.11.x for the disk-assisted buffering, and I was able to fix the spec file such that the package installs and runs. But I'm having other troubles with it (specifically with remote logging, which I was able to get working with the 2.0.2 version).
So, I'm troubleshooting those problems as I speak(type), but perhaps rather than reinvent the wheel, I just wanted to check if there's an existing 3.x repo for el5, or if there are people out there who've worked out these problems already.
johnn
Johnny Tan wrote:
Does anyone know of a CentOS-5 (el5) repo for rsyslog, that's being maintained on a relatively regular basis? I checked all the usual suspects (dag, karan, epel, etc.), but they either don't have rsyslog at all, or they have an old version.
I am maintaining rsyslog quite regularly, and if you find the version lag a bit in my repo its because I found something broken or something wrong with their release.
rsyslog is deployed on all my own machines ( about 30 odd ) and at pretty much every client I am working with :D
So where is your repo (is it public access?)
I would have thought it would have been one of the CentOS repo's.
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Johnny Tan wrote:
Does anyone know of a CentOS-5 (el5) repo for rsyslog, that's being maintained on a relatively regular basis? I checked all the usual suspects (dag, karan, epel, etc.), but they either don't have rsyslog at all, or they have an old version.
I am maintaining rsyslog quite regularly, and if you find the version lag a bit in my repo its because I found something broken or something wrong with their release.
rsyslog is deployed on all my own machines ( about 30 odd ) and at pretty much every client I am working with :D
on 3-5-2008 10:47 AM Milton Calnek spake the following:
So where is your repo (is it public access?)
I would have thought it would have been one of the CentOS repo's.
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories gives you a list of the major repos.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Scott Silva ssilva@sgvwater.com wrote:
on 3-5-2008 10:47 AM Milton Calnek spake the following:
So where is your repo (is it public access?)
I would have thought it would have been one of the CentOS repo's.
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories gives you a list of the major repos.
It's in the KBS-Extras repo. The current version is still in Testing.
Akemi
Karanbir Singh wrote:
I am maintaining rsyslog quite regularly, and if you find the version lag a bit in my repo its because I found something broken or something wrong with their release.
I'm definitely all for stable, non-broken software even if it lags behind -- even way behind.
But I'm specifically interested in rsyslog v3 for the disk-assisted buffering.
Basically, I want to be able to log locally AND remotely. AFAICT, I have to move to v3 to get this feature.
Do you use it for central logging? And if you do, how do you mitigate the risk of data loss if the clients can't contact the server?
johnn
Johnny Tan wrote:
I'm definitely all for stable, non-broken software even if it lags behind -- even way behind.
in the case of rsyslog, thats not the case :D I had a play with the 3.x tree today, and it *looks* ok to me. So might as well inflict it upon everyone else considering its in the Testing Repo, no sane person will use it in Production. Right ?
I shall have updated packages in a couple of days, prolly over the weekend. The package queue is quite long at the moment.
But I'm specifically interested in rsyslog v3 for the disk-assisted buffering.
Basically, I want to be able to log locally AND remotely. AFAICT, I have to move to v3 to get this feature.
err, really ? you could do that with conventional syslog too.
Do you use it for central logging? And if you do, how do you mitigate the risk of data loss if the clients can't contact the server?
you can syslog to a machine and it can syslog to another machine.... also, running over tcp is nicer, since you atleast now get a chance to do something about bits that dont make it.
Karanbir Singh wrote:
in the case of rsyslog, thats not the case :D I had a play with the 3.x tree today, and it *looks* ok to me. So might as well inflict it upon everyone else considering its in the Testing Repo, no sane person will use it in Production. Right ?
I shall have updated packages in a couple of days, prolly over the weekend. The package queue is quite long at the moment.
I've got mine working finally, but I definitely look forward to seeing v3 in your testing repo! Let me know if I can help in any way.
Basically, I want to be able to log locally AND remotely. AFAICT, I have to move to v3 to get this feature.
err, really ? you could do that with conventional syslog too.
Yes, strange but correct. Still, rsyslog gives me other features over conventional syslog, not the least of which you mention yourself:
also, running over tcp is nicer, since you atleast now get a chance to do something about bits that dont make it.
... that, and it also allows me to run over stunnel.
Thanks again, johnn
Johnny Tan wrote:
I've got mine working finally, but I definitely look forward to seeing v3 in your testing repo! Let me know if I can help in any way.
What version are you using? I'm trying 2.0.2 and having problems with zlib.
Milton Calnek wrote:
Johnny Tan wrote:
I've got mine working finally, but I definitely look forward to seeing v3 in your testing repo! Let me know if I can help in any way.
What version are you using? I'm trying 2.0.2 and having problems with zlib.
I did both 2.0.2 and 3.11.6 -- both worked. What problem with zlib are you having?
johnn
Johnny Tan wrote:
Milton Calnek wrote:
Johnny Tan wrote:
I've got mine working finally, but I definitely look forward to seeing v3 in your testing repo! Let me know if I can help in any way.
What version are you using? I'm trying 2.0.2 and having problems with zlib.
I did both 2.0.2 and 3.11.6 -- both worked. What problem with zlib are you having?
It is a 64bit system and apparently I the wrong versions of zlib-devel and openssl-devel.
I had to use rpm to install the correct versions, and once that was done I was able to compile 2.0.2.
I'm pretty keen on trying out rsyslog. So I added Karanbir's repo... or I tried.
I still can't find rsyslog. fwiw, I poked around http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/stable/x86_64/RPMS/ and I couldn't find _any_ rpms.
Is it me or is the repo offline?
[root@wtl-nyx yum.repos.d]# cat kbs.repo # All new packages are now released to the testing repository first # and only moved into Stable after a period of time # Note: The testing repository is disabled by default
[kbs-CentOS-Extras] name=CentOS.Karan.Org-EL$releasever - Stable gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://centos.karan.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-karan.org.txt enabled=1 baseurl=http://centos.karan.org/el$releasever/extras/stable/$basearch/RPMS/
[kbs-CentOS-Testing] name=CentOS.Karan.Org-EL$releasever - Testing gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://centos.karan.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-karan.org.txt enabled=0 baseurl=http://centos.karan.org/el$releasever/extras/testing/$basearch/RPMS/
[root@wtl-nyx yum.repos.d]# yum search rsyslog Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up repositories wtl-noarch 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 kbs-CentOS-Extras 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 wtl-i386 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 rpmforge 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 centosplus 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages from Red Hat Enterprise 5 - RPMforge.net - dag Finished No Matches found
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Johnny Tan wrote:
Does anyone know of a CentOS-5 (el5) repo for rsyslog, that's being maintained on a relatively regular basis? I checked all the usual suspects (dag, karan, epel, etc.), but they either don't have rsyslog at all, or they have an old version.
I am maintaining rsyslog quite regularly, and if you find the version lag a bit in my repo its because I found something broken or something wrong with their release.
rsyslog is deployed on all my own machines ( about 30 odd ) and at pretty much every client I am working with :D
Milton Calnek wrote:
I'm pretty keen on trying out rsyslog. So I added Karanbir's repo... or I tried.
I still can't find rsyslog. fwiw, I poked around http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/stable/x86_64/RPMS/ and I couldn't find _any_ rpms.
As mentioned, it's in testing, not stable: http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/x86_64/RPMS/
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Milton Calnek milton@calnek.com wrote:
I'm pretty keen on trying out rsyslog. So I added Karanbir's repo... or I tried.
I still can't find rsyslog. fwiw, I poked around http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/stable/x86_64/RPMS/ and I couldn't find _any_ rpms.
Is it me or is the repo offline?
It is in the Testing repo. yum --enablerepo=kbs-CentOS-Testing will find it.
Akemi
--- Milton Calnek milton@calnek.com wrote:
I'm pretty keen on trying out rsyslog. So I added Karanbir's repo... or I tried.
I still can't find rsyslog. fwiw, I poked around
http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/stable/x86_64/RPMS/
and I couldn't find _any_ rpms.
Is it me or is the repo offline?
[root@wtl-nyx yum.repos.d]# cat kbs.repo # All new packages are now released to the testing repository first # and only moved into Stable after a period of time # Note: The testing repository is disabled by default
[kbs-CentOS-Extras] name=CentOS.Karan.Org-EL$releasever - Stable gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://centos.karan.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-karan.org.txt
enabled=1
baseurl=http://centos.karan.org/el$releasever/extras/stable/$basearch/RPMS/
[kbs-CentOS-Testing] name=CentOS.Karan.Org-EL$releasever - Testing gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://centos.karan.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-karan.org.txt
enabled=0
baseurl=http://centos.karan.org/el$releasever/extras/testing/$basearch/RPMS/
[root@wtl-nyx yum.repos.d]# yum search rsyslog Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up repositories wtl-noarch 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 kbs-CentOS-Extras 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 wtl-i386 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 rpmforge 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 centosplus 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages from Red Hat Enterprise 5 - RPMforge.net - dag Finished No Matches found
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Johnny Tan wrote:
Does anyone know of a CentOS-5 (el5) repo for
rsyslog, that's being
maintained on a relatively regular basis? I
checked all the usual
suspects (dag, karan, epel, etc.), but they
either don't have rsyslog
at all, or they have an old version.
I am maintaining rsyslog quite regularly, and if
you find the version
lag a bit in my repo its because I found something
broken or something
wrong with their release.
rsyslog is deployed on all my own machines ( about
30 odd ) and at
pretty much every client I am working with :D
-- Milton Calnek BSc, A/Slt(Ret.) milton@calnek.com 306-717-8737
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