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Log Rotation Causing nxlog Failure
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I'm using nxlog to watch two vCenter log files on a Windows Server 2008 system and I have a very simple config to ship messages to Logstash. Nxlog began failing yesterday after a file was rotated. Here's my config:
<Extension syslog>
Module xm_syslog
</Extension>
<Input in1>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-[0-5][0-9].log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-alert-[0-5][0-9].log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
<Processor buffer1>
Module pm_buffer
MaxSize 1024
Type Mem
WarnLimit 512
</Processor>
<Processor buffer2>
Module pm_buffer
MaxSize 1024
Type Mem
WarnLimit 512
</Processor>
<Output out1>
Module om_udp
Host <ip>
Port 514
</Output>
<Output out2>
Module om_udp
Host <ip>
Port 514
</Output>
<Route 1>
Path in1 => buffer1 => out1
</Route>
<Route 2>
Path in2 => buffer2 => out2
</Route>
vCenter log rotation is a bit odd so I'm thinking that it's at least partially causing this problem. You can see from above the filename I'm watching. This file is created as vpxd-01.log and increments up from there. The files are rotated when they hit 50MB and old logs get compressed after two new files are created, e.g. vpxd-03 is created and vpxd-01 gets compressed.
But yesterday the first file that nxlog had started watching (since being installed last week) was rotated, causing this error:
2013-12-28 19:41:08 WARNING input file does not exist: C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-47.log
It repeats 12 times across the next 24 hours and then nxlog failed entirely until I restarted the service yesterday morning.
Hopefully my explanation makes sense. I ended up losing about six hours of logs so I want to make sure this doesn't happen again. Does anybody have any solution or suggestions?
logging logstash rotation
asked Dec 31 '13 at 16:12
HarryTrumanHarryTruman
66
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I'm using nxlog to watch two vCenter log files on a Windows Server 2008 system and I have a very simple config to ship messages to Logstash. Nxlog began failing yesterday after a file was rotated. Here's my config:
<Extension syslog>
Module xm_syslog
</Extension>
<Input in1>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-[0-5][0-9].log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-alert-[0-5][0-9].log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
<Processor buffer1>
Module pm_buffer
MaxSize 1024
Type Mem
WarnLimit 512
</Processor>
<Processor buffer2>
Module pm_buffer
MaxSize 1024
Type Mem
WarnLimit 512
</Processor>
<Output out1>
Module om_udp
Host <ip>
Port 514
</Output>
<Output out2>
Module om_udp
Host <ip>
Port 514
</Output>
<Route 1>
Path in1 => buffer1 => out1
</Route>
<Route 2>
Path in2 => buffer2 => out2
</Route>
vCenter log rotation is a bit odd so I'm thinking that it's at least partially causing this problem. You can see from above the filename I'm watching. This file is created as vpxd-01.log and increments up from there. The files are rotated when they hit 50MB and old logs get compressed after two new files are created, e.g. vpxd-03 is created and vpxd-01 gets compressed.
But yesterday the first file that nxlog had started watching (since being installed last week) was rotated, causing this error:
2013-12-28 19:41:08 WARNING input file does not exist: C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-47.log
It repeats 12 times across the next 24 hours and then nxlog failed entirely until I restarted the service yesterday morning.
Hopefully my explanation makes sense. I ended up losing about six hours of logs so I want to make sure this doesn't happen again. Does anybody have any solution or suggestions?
logging logstash rotation
asked Dec 31 '13 at 16:12
HarryTrumanHarryTruman
66
You can try to change your configuration from a specific log file to the directory where the logs are created.
– user204583
Jan 7 '14 at 8:56
I'm only wanting to log two specific vCenter log files: vpxd-xx.log and vpxd-alert-xx.log. The vCenter log directory contains quite a few other logs that I don't care about so that prevents me from setting the directory instead of the specific files in the nxlog config.
– HarryTruman
Jan 9 '14 at 14:59
add a comment |
I'm using nxlog to watch two vCenter log files on a Windows Server 2008 system and I have a very simple config to ship messages to Logstash. Nxlog began failing yesterday after a file was rotated. Here's my config:
<Extension syslog>
Module xm_syslog
</Extension>
<Input in1>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-[0-5][0-9].log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-alert-[0-5][0-9].log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
<Processor buffer1>
Module pm_buffer
MaxSize 1024
Type Mem
WarnLimit 512
</Processor>
<Processor buffer2>
Module pm_buffer
MaxSize 1024
Type Mem
WarnLimit 512
</Processor>
<Output out1>
Module om_udp
Host <ip>
Port 514
</Output>
<Output out2>
Module om_udp
Host <ip>
Port 514
</Output>
<Route 1>
Path in1 => buffer1 => out1
</Route>
<Route 2>
Path in2 => buffer2 => out2
</Route>
vCenter log rotation is a bit odd so I'm thinking that it's at least partially causing this problem. You can see from above the filename I'm watching. This file is created as vpxd-01.log and increments up from there. The files are rotated when they hit 50MB and old logs get compressed after two new files are created, e.g. vpxd-03 is created and vpxd-01 gets compressed.
But yesterday the first file that nxlog had started watching (since being installed last week) was rotated, causing this error:
2013-12-28 19:41:08 WARNING input file does not exist: C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-47.log
It repeats 12 times across the next 24 hours and then nxlog failed entirely until I restarted the service yesterday morning.
Hopefully my explanation makes sense. I ended up losing about six hours of logs so I want to make sure this doesn't happen again. Does anybody have any solution or suggestions?
logging logstash rotation
asked Dec 31 '13 at 16:12
HarryTrumanHarryTruman
66
I'm using nxlog to watch two vCenter log files on a Windows Server 2008 system and I have a very simple config to ship messages to Logstash. Nxlog began failing yesterday after a file was rotated. Here's my config:
<Extension syslog>
Module xm_syslog
</Extension>
<Input in1>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-[0-5][0-9].log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-alert-[0-5][0-9].log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
<Processor buffer1>
Module pm_buffer
MaxSize 1024
Type Mem
WarnLimit 512
</Processor>
<Processor buffer2>
Module pm_buffer
MaxSize 1024
Type Mem
WarnLimit 512
</Processor>
<Output out1>
Module om_udp
Host <ip>
Port 514
</Output>
<Output out2>
Module om_udp
Host <ip>
Port 514
</Output>
<Route 1>
Path in1 => buffer1 => out1
</Route>
<Route 2>
Path in2 => buffer2 => out2
</Route>
vCenter log rotation is a bit odd so I'm thinking that it's at least partially causing this problem. You can see from above the filename I'm watching. This file is created as vpxd-01.log and increments up from there. The files are rotated when they hit 50MB and old logs get compressed after two new files are created, e.g. vpxd-03 is created and vpxd-01 gets compressed.
But yesterday the first file that nxlog had started watching (since being installed last week) was rotated, causing this error:
2013-12-28 19:41:08 WARNING input file does not exist: C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-47.log
It repeats 12 times across the next 24 hours and then nxlog failed entirely until I restarted the service yesterday morning.
Hopefully my explanation makes sense. I ended up losing about six hours of logs so I want to make sure this doesn't happen again. Does anybody have any solution or suggestions?
logging logstash rotation
logging logstash rotation
asked Dec 31 '13 at 16:12
HarryTrumanHarryTruman
66
asked Dec 31 '13 at 16:12
HarryTrumanHarryTruman
66
asked Dec 31 '13 at 16:12
HarryTrumanHarryTruman
66
asked Dec 31 '13 at 16:12
HarryTrumanHarryTruman
66
asked Dec 31 '13 at 16:12
HarryTrumanHarryTruman
66
66
You can try to change your configuration from a specific log file to the directory where the logs are created.
– user204583
Jan 7 '14 at 8:56
I'm only wanting to log two specific vCenter log files: vpxd-xx.log and vpxd-alert-xx.log. The vCenter log directory contains quite a few other logs that I don't care about so that prevents me from setting the directory instead of the specific files in the nxlog config.
– HarryTruman
Jan 9 '14 at 14:59
add a comment |
You can try to change your configuration from a specific log file to the directory where the logs are created.
– user204583
Jan 7 '14 at 8:56
I'm only wanting to log two specific vCenter log files: vpxd-xx.log and vpxd-alert-xx.log. The vCenter log directory contains quite a few other logs that I don't care about so that prevents me from setting the directory instead of the specific files in the nxlog config.
– HarryTruman
Jan 9 '14 at 14:59
You can try to change your configuration from a specific log file to the directory where the logs are created.
– user204583
Jan 7 '14 at 8:56
You can try to change your configuration from a specific log file to the directory where the logs are created.
– user204583
Jan 7 '14 at 8:56
I'm only wanting to log two specific vCenter log files: vpxd-xx.log and vpxd-alert-xx.log. The vCenter log directory contains quite a few other logs that I don't care about so that prevents me from setting the directory instead of the specific files in the nxlog config.
– HarryTruman
Jan 9 '14 at 14:59
I'm only wanting to log two specific vCenter log files: vpxd-xx.log and vpxd-alert-xx.log. The vCenter log directory contains quite a few other logs that I don't care about so that prevents me from setting the directory instead of the specific files in the nxlog config.
– HarryTruman
Jan 9 '14 at 14:59
add a comment |
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Try using this input instead instead of hard defining [0-5][0-9]:
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-*.log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
answered Feb 3 '14 at 14:49
tkrntkrn
1349
There are other files in that log directory that are named similarly. For instance, vpxd-alerts and vpxd-profiler, with each also having digits after the filename.
– HarryTruman
Feb 5 '14 at 20:56
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Try using this input instead instead of hard defining [0-5][0-9]:
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-*.log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
answered Feb 3 '14 at 14:49
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There are other files in that log directory that are named similarly. For instance, vpxd-alerts and vpxd-profiler, with each also having digits after the filename.
– HarryTruman
Feb 5 '14 at 20:56
add a comment |
Try using this input instead instead of hard defining [0-5][0-9]:
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-*.log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
answered Feb 3 '14 at 14:49
tkrntkrn
1349
There are other files in that log directory that are named similarly. For instance, vpxd-alerts and vpxd-profiler, with each also having digits after the filename.
– HarryTruman
Feb 5 '14 at 20:56
add a comment |
Try using this input instead instead of hard defining [0-5][0-9]:
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-*.log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
answered Feb 3 '14 at 14:49
tkrntkrn
1349
Try using this input instead instead of hard defining [0-5][0-9]:
<Input in2>
Module im_file
File "C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware VirtualCenterLogsvpxd-*.log"
SavePos TRUE
</Input>
answered Feb 3 '14 at 14:49
tkrntkrn
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answered Feb 3 '14 at 14:49
tkrntkrn
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answered Feb 3 '14 at 14:49
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answered Feb 3 '14 at 14:49
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There are other files in that log directory that are named similarly. For instance, vpxd-alerts and vpxd-profiler, with each also having digits after the filename.
– HarryTruman
Feb 5 '14 at 20:56
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There are other files in that log directory that are named similarly. For instance, vpxd-alerts and vpxd-profiler, with each also having digits after the filename.
– HarryTruman
Feb 5 '14 at 20:56
There are other files in that log directory that are named similarly. For instance, vpxd-alerts and vpxd-profiler, with each also having digits after the filename.
– HarryTruman
Feb 5 '14 at 20:56
There are other files in that log directory that are named similarly. For instance, vpxd-alerts and vpxd-profiler, with each also having digits after the filename.
– HarryTruman
Feb 5 '14 at 20:56
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You can try to change your configuration from a specific log file to the directory where the logs are created.
– user204583
Jan 7 '14 at 8:56
I'm only wanting to log two specific vCenter log files: vpxd-xx.log and vpxd-alert-xx.log. The vCenter log directory contains quite a few other logs that I don't care about so that prevents me from setting the directory instead of the specific files in the nxlog config.
– HarryTruman
Jan 9 '14 at 14:59