[rsyslog] What happens when the remote server is unavailable?

[Rainer Gerhards]

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> [mailto:rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of konton
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:39 PM
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> Subject: [rsyslog] What happens when the remote server is unavailable?
> 
> I have 2 systems that I want to put rsyslog on and I'm investigating
> my options.  One system will be the rsyslog master and will log
> everything to a database.  The other will will forward all its logs to
> the master syslog through an SSH tunnel.
> 
> 1.  What happens if I have a rule with an action
> @tunnel_ip:tunnel_port, but I haven't created the tunnel yet?  Will
> rsyslog keep trying to connect to the remote server indefinitely?

Yes

> 
> 2.  Will rsyslog queue messages intended for the broken connection
> until the connection is available, and then send them all once the
> connection comes up?

Depends on your configuration. You can specify what you want it to do.

HTH
Rainer
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
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