[rsyslog] Queuing bug (4.5.5) / Problem in production

[Rainer Gerhards]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Wiebe
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:09 PM
> To: rsyslog-users
> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Queuing bug (4.5.5) / Problem in production
> 
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Rainer Gerhards
> <rgerhards at hq.adiscon.com> wrote:
> >
> > I add the capability to send the debug log out via UDP syslog (not
> via the
> > usual channels, but rather via a special send function inside the
> debug
> > printf system). Then, when a problem occurs, we could enable the
> debug printf
> > (which is present in production builds as well) and make it output
> the data
> > to a remote server (or a special listener, even netcat, running on
> the local
> > machine).
> >
> > I could turn on/off this via a signal (as we currently do for sending
> debug
> > message to stdout).
> 
> That could work - I could see that being an acceptable step for some
> of our environments here.

OK, that sounds good. Will see what I can do (I think this could be generally
useful).
> 
> > Alternatively, one could load imdiag into a suspect instance and use
> that to
> > gain more in-depth information. However, I am not sure if that would
> be
> > suitable for use in production, at least it is questionable from a
> security
> > POV.
> 
> Is there more docs on imdiag and the enhancements you've made to it
> recently kicking around?  I'll see if I can't make use if it in my
> efforts to reproduce the issue (which probably won't start until next
> week).

No, actually not. Initially it was intended to be a thing mostly for Rainer
and the testbench ;) I'll see that I do a write-up on production
troubleshooting and include it.

Any more feedback from anyone on this issue is appreciated.

Rainer
> 
> -Aaron
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