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| SYSLOG-NG-CTL(1) | The syslog-ng control tool man | SYSLOG-NG-CTL(1) |
NAME¶
syslog-ng-ctl - Display message statistics and enable verbose, debug and trace modes in syslog-ng Open Source EditionSYNOPSIS¶
syslog-ng-ctl [command] [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
NOTE: The syslog-ng-ctl application is distributed with the syslog-ng Open Source Edition system logging application, and is usually part of the syslog-ng package. The latest version of the syslog-ng application is available at the official syslog-ng website[1]. This manual page is only an abstract; for the complete documentation of syslog-ng, see The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator Guide[2]. The syslog-ng-ctl application is a utility that can be used to:•enable/disable various syslog-ng messages for
troubleshooting;
•display statistics about the processed
messages.
ENABLING TROUBLESHOOTING MESSAGES¶
command [options]
Use the syslog-ng-ctl <command> --set=on command to display
verbose, trace, or debug messages. If you are trying to solve configuration
problems, the debug (and occassionally trace) messages are usually sufficient;
debug messages are needed mostly for finding software errors. After solving
the problem, do not forget to turn these messages off using the
syslog-ng-ctl <command> --set=off. Note that enabling debug
messages does not enable verbose and trace messages.
Use syslog-ng-ctl <command> without any parameters to display
whether the particular type of messages are enabled or not.
If you need to use a non-standard control socket to access syslog-ng, use the
syslog-ng-ctl <command> --set=on --control=<socket> command
to specify the socket to use.
verbose
Print verbose messages. If syslog-ng was started with the
--stderr or -e option, the messages will be sent to stderr. If
not specified, syslog-ng will log such messages to its internal source.
trace
Print trace messages of how messages are processed. If
syslog-ng was started with the --stderr or -e option, the
messages will be sent to stderr. If not specified, syslog-ng will log such
messages to its internal source.
debug
Print debug messages. If syslog-ng was started with the
--stderr or -e option, the messages will be sent to stderr. If
not specified, syslog-ng will log such messages to its internal source.
Example:
syslog-ng-ctl verbose --set=on
THE STATS COMMAND¶
stats [options]
Use the stats command to display statistics about the processed messages.
The stats command has the following options:
--control=<socket> or -c
Specify the socket to use to access syslog-ng. Only
needed when using a non-standard socket.
Example:
syslog-ng-ctl stats
src.internal;s_all#0;;a;processed;6445 src.internal;s_all#0;;a;stamp;1268989330 destination;df_auth;;a;processed;404 destination;df_news_dot_notice;;a;processed;0 destination;df_news_dot_err;;a;processed;0 destination;d_ssb;;a;processed;7128 destination;df_uucp;;a;processed;0 source;s_all;;a;processed;7128 destination;df_mail;;a;processed;0 destination;df_user;;a;processed;1 destination;df_daemon;;a;processed;1 destination;df_debug;;a;processed;15 destination;df_messages;;a;processed;54 destination;dp_xconsole;;a;processed;671 dst.tcp;d_network#0;10.50.0.111:514;a;dropped;5080 dst.tcp;d_network#0;10.50.0.111:514;a;processed;7128 dst.tcp;d_network#0;10.50.0.111:514;a;stored;2048 destination;df_syslog;;a;processed;6724 destination;df_facility_dot_warn;;a;processed;0 destination;df_news_dot_crit;;a;processed;0 destination;df_lpr;;a;processed;0 destination;du_all;;a;processed;0 destination;df_facility_dot_info;;a;processed;0 center;;received;a;processed;0 destination;df_kern;;a;processed;70 center;;queued;a;processed;0 destination;df_facility_dot_err;;a;processed;0
FILES¶
/usr/sbin/syslog-ng-ctlSEE ALSO¶
The syslog-ng Administrator Guide[2] syslog-ng.conf(5) syslog-ng(8) The syslog-ng OSE 3.3 Administrator Guide[2] If you experience any problems or need help with syslog-ng, visit visit the syslog-ng wiki[3] or the syslog-ng mailing list[4]. For news and notifications about of syslog-ng, visit the syslog-ng Insider Blog[5].AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by the BalaBit Documentation Team <documentation@balabit.com>.COPYRIGHT¶
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The authors grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this manual page under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or newer (GPL v2+).NOTES¶
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- the official syslog-ng website
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The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator Guide
- 3.
- visit the syslog-ng wiki
- 4.
- syslog-ng mailing list
- 5.
- syslog-ng Insider Blog
| 10/01/2014 | syslog-ng Open Source Edition |