Re: Syslog NG reporting to logserver cluster?

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Dirk H.
Schulz<dirk.schulz%kinzesberg.de@localhost> wrote:
> Hi Rainer,
>
> Rainer Gerhards schrieb:
>>
>> On Aug 24, 3:40 pm, dirk.sch...%kinzesberg.de@localhost (Dirk H. Schulz) 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> since I did not succeed in running rsyslog on NetBSD, I  would like to
>>>  use  Syslog-NGas  intense as possible.
>>>
>>> There is two features I am missing (nothing found in docs and google).
>>> Just not to overlook something:
>>>
>>> - is it possibe to configure a second remote rsyslog server to report to
>>> ONLY in case the primary syslog server is unreachable?
>>>
>>> - is it possible to configure buffers (RAM, disk) where undeliverable
>>> messages are buffered until they can be delivered?
>>>
>>> Any hint or help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Dirk
>>>
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just saw this on google. rsyslog can do both of this (http://
>> www.rsyslog.com).
>>
>> Rainer
>>
>
> That is why I use rsyslog wherever possible, but on NetBSD it seems
> extremely alien (I did not find anyone who could help with own experience or
> confirm that it works). And then there is no port of it in pkgsrc, so I
> would have to look for necessary updates manually.

I'm not sure how mature the package is, but it is in wip.