Distributed Systems Administration Utilities User's Guide

1. If you want the syslog messages for the cluster to be forwarded to the log consolidator,
do the following:
a. Start by configuring the standard syslogd to co-exist with a syslog-ng forwarder.
By default, syslogd listens for incoming log messages on UDP port 514. To forward
this cluster’s syslogs, syslog-ng must listen on UDP port 514. Edit
/etc/rc.config.d/syslogd and change SYSLOGD_OPTS to add the-N switch; this
prevents syslogd from listening on port 514. For example,
SYSLOGD_OPTS=“-D -N”
b. Edit the system’s /etc/syslog.conf file to forward log messages to port 514 on the
local host where they will be read by syslog-ng. Using the HP-UX default
/etc/syslog.conf as the example, add the following lines:
mail.debug @fully qualified hostname
*.info;mail.none @fully qualified hostname
where fully qualified hostname is the fully qualified hostname of this cluster
member. This name must be fully qualified or syslogd will not forward the messages
properly.
If you have customized syslog.conf, make sure to add the forwarding lines for your
customizations as well.
c. Stop and restart syslogd as follows for these changes to take effect:
# /sbin/init.d/syslogd stop
# /sbin/init.d/syslogd start
d. Since /etc/rc.config.d/syslogd is generic, it can be distributed cluster-wide
using ccp:
# cpp /etc/rc.config.d/syslogd /etc/rc.config.d/
e. The /etc/syslog.conf is specific to each member and the edits described above
must be performed on each cluster member.
f. Making the above changes on each cluster member, syslogd must be restarted for
these changes to take effect. Use cexec to do this on all members of the cluster:
# cexec “/sbin/init.d/syslogd stop;/sbin/init.d/syslogd start”
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