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Syslog Based Error Log Publisher

Syslog Based Error Log Publishers publish error messages to a syslogd server.

Parent Component
Properties
dsconfig Usage

Parent Component

The Syslog Based Error Log Publisher component inherits from the Error Log Publisher

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ description ↓ syslog-facility
↓ enabled ↓ auto-flush
↓ default-severity ↓ asynchronous
↓ override-severity ↓ queue-size
↓ server-host-name
↓ server-port

Basic Properties

description

Description
A description for this Log Publisher
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

enabled

Description
Indicates whether the Log Publisher is enabled for use.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

default-severity

Description
Specifies the default severity levels for the logger.
Default Value
fatal-error
severe-warning
severe-error
Allowed Values
all - Messages of all severity levels are logged.

none - No messages of any severity are logged by default. This value is intended to be used in conjunction with the override-severity property to define an error logger that will publish no error message beside the errors of a given category.

fatal-error - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about fatal errors which may force the server to shut down or operate in a significantly degraded state.

info - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about significant events within the server that are not warnings or errors.

mild-error - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about mild (recoverable) errors encountered during processing.

mild-warning - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about mild warnings triggered during processing.

notice - The error log severity that is used for the most important informational messages (i.e., information that should almost always be logged but is not associated with a warning or error condition).

severe-error - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about severe errors encountered during processing.

severe-warning - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about severe warnings triggered during processing.

debug - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide debugging information triggered during processing.
Multi-Valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

override-severity

Description
Specifies the override severity levels for the logger based on the category of the messages. Each override severity level should include the category and the severity levels to log for that category, for example, core=mild-error,info,mild-warning. Valid categories are: core, extensions, protocol, config, log, util, schema, plugin, jeb, backend, tools, task, access-control, admin, replication, version, quicksetup, admin-tool, dsconfig, user-defined. Valid severities are: all, fatal-error, info, mild-error, mild-warning, notice, severe-error, severe-warning, debug.
Default Value
All messages with the default severity levels are logged.
Allowed Values
A string in the form category=severity1,severity2...
Multi-Valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

server-host-name

Description
Specifies the hostname or IP address of the syslogd host to log to. It is highly recommend to use localhost.
Default Value
localhost
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

server-port

Description
Specifies the port number of the syslogd host to log to.
Default Value
514
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower limit is 1. Upper limit is 65535 .
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action


Advanced Properties

syslog-facility (Advanced Property)

Description
Specifies the syslog facility to use for this Syslog Based Error Log Publisher Enter a syslog facility code from the list
  • 0 : kernel messages
  • 1 : user-level messages
  • 2 : mail system
  • 3 : system daemons
  • 4 : security/authorization messages
  • 5 : messages generated internally by syslogd
  • 6 : line printer subsystem
  • 7 : network news subsystem
  • 8 : UUCP subsystem
  • 9 : clock daemon
  • 10 : security/authorization messages
  • 11 : FTP daemon
  • 12 : NTP subsystem
  • 13 : log audit
  • 14 : log alert
  • 15 : clock daemon
  • 16 : local use 0
  • 17 : local use 1
  • 18 : local use 2
  • 19 : local use 3
  • 20 : local use 4
  • 21 : local use 5
  • 22 : local use 6
  • 23 : local use 7

Default Value
1
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower limit is 0. Upper limit is 23 .
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

auto-flush (Advanced Property)

Description
Specifies whether to flush the writer after every log record. If the asynchronous writes option is used, the writer is flushed after all the log records in the queue are written.
Default Value
true
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

asynchronous (Advanced Property)

Description
Indicates whether the Syslog Based Error Log Publisher will publish records asynchronously.
Default Value
false
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

queue-size (Advanced Property)

Description
The maximum number of log records that can be stored in the asynchronous queue. The server will continuously flush messages from the queue to the log. That is, it does not wait for the queue to fill up before flushing to the log. Lowering this value can impact performance.
Default Value
10000
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower limit is 1000. Upper limit is 100000 .
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
The Syslog Based Error Log Publisher must be restarted if this property is changed and the asynchronous property is set to true.


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Log Publishers:

dsconfig list-log-publishers
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig get-log-publisher-prop
     --publisher-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig set-log-publisher-prop
     --publisher-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To create a new Syslog Based Error Log Publisher:

dsconfig create-log-publisher
     --publisher-name {name}
     --type syslog-based
     --set enabled:{propertyValue}
     [--set {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig delete-log-publisher
     --publisher-name {name}