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ocf_heartbeat_syslog-ng - Syslog-ng resource agent

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resource-agents 4.16.0-3ubuntu                     06/25/2025                            OCF_HEARTBEAT_SYSLOG(7)

Description

       This script manages a syslog-ng instance as an HA resource.

       For Premium Edition you should set the following parameters (based on default path being
       "/opt/syslog-ng"): syslog_ng_binary="/opt/syslog-ng/sbin/syslog-ng"
       syslog_ng_ctl="/opt/syslog-ng/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl" control_file="/opt/syslog-ng/var/run/syslog-ng.ctl"
       persist_file="/opt/syslog-ng/var/syslog-ng.persist" pidfile="/opt/syslog-ng/var/run/syslog-ng.pid"

       Additional parameter for Premium Edition 6 only: qdisk_dir="/opt/syslog-ng/var/"

Example Crm Shell

       The following is an example configuration for a syslog-ng resource using the crm(8) shell:

           primitive p_syslog-ng ocf:heartbeat:syslog-ng \
             params \
               configfile=string \
             op monitor depth="0" timeout="60s" interval="60s"

Example Pcs

       The following is an example configuration for a syslog-ng resource using pcs(8)

           pcs resource create p_syslog-ng ocf:heartbeat:syslog-ng \
             configfile=string \
             op monitor OCF_CHECK_LEVEL="0" timeout="60s" interval="60s"

Name

       ocf_heartbeat_syslog-ng - Syslog-ng resource agent

See Also

Supported Actions

       This resource agent supports the following actions (operations):

       start
           Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 60s.

       stop
           Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 120s.

       status
           Performs a status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 60s.

       monitor
           Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 60s. Suggested interval: 60s.

       meta-data
           Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5s.

       validate-all
           Performs a validation of the resource configuration. Suggested minimum timeout: 5s.

Supported Parameters

configfile
           This parameter specifies a configuration file for a syslog-ng instance managed by this RA.

           (required, string, no default)

       syslog_ng_binary
           This parameter specifies syslog-ng's executable file.

           (optional, string, default "/sbin/syslog-ng")

       syslog_ng_ctl
           This parameter specifies the path of the syslog-ng-ctl executable file.

           (optional, string, default "/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl")

       qdisk_dir
           This parameter specifies the directory used for holding disk buffers of syslog-ng (only supported in
           Premium Edition 6).

           (optional, string, no default)

       control_file
           This parameter specifies the path, where syslog-ng would place its control socket, through which it
           can be controlled.

           (optional, string, no default)

       persist_file
           This parameter specifies the path for syslog-ng's persist file, which holds persistent information
           about the mapping of destinations and disk buffers, the internal state of sources, etc.

           (optional, string, no default)

       pidfile
           This parameter specifies the path where the pid file of syslog-ng resides.

           (optional, string, no default)

       start_opts
           This parameter specifies startup options for a syslog-ng instance managed by this RA. When no value
           is given, no startup options is used. Don't use option '-F'. It causes a stuck of a start action.

           (optional, string, no default)

       kill_term_timeout
           On a stop action, a normal stop method(pkill -TERM) is firstly used. And then the confirmation of its
           completion is waited for the specified seconds by this parameter. The default value is 10.

           (optional, integer, default 10)

Synopsis

syslog-ng [start | stop | status | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]

See Also