Syslog 1.0 Released

[noname]

Of course I'd be happy to.
But at first, I'll have to install syslog plugin because I've never used this...

[TheWitness]

Today, I released 1.05. See the README for the ChangeLog.

TheWitness

[joseme]

Hi The Witness:
I installed syslog 1.04 a week ago and It's working , how can I update to 1.05?. I think uninstalling the 1.04 version from "Plugin management"? Then replacing for the new plugin and reinstall from "Plugin management"?. is it right?

Thanks

Jose

[TheWitness]

Just copy 1.05 to the plugins directory and navigate to plugin management and your done.

TheWitness

[joseme]

Hi:
1.05 Syslog works perfectly !!.. , clean installation
Thanks

Jose

[joseme]

Hi Witness:
I realize the syslog messages from my Cisco Routers appears in Syslog Plugin with numbers (not text, for example "warnings" appears as "4" ), and for this reason the colors don't work.

I've checked the table "syslog_priorities" :
mysql> select * from syslog_priorities;
+-------------+----------+---------------------+
| priority_id | priority | last_updated |
+-------------+----------+---------------------+
| 1 | emer | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 2 | crit | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 3 | alert | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 4 | err | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 5 | warn | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 6 | notice | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 7 | info | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 8 | debug | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 9 | other | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 10 | 4 | 2010-08-29 21:25:04 |
| 11 | 6 | 2010-08-29 21:25:04 |
| 12 | 3 | 2010-08-29 21:25:04 |
+-------------+----------+---------------------+

tha last three ones (4,6 and 3), come from my Cisco Routers, I attach a capture.

I'm using rsyslog (according the instructions on the plugin cacti web). I read at rsyslog web page, too:

"...rsyslog provides message properties for the priority. These are called "PRI", "syslogfacility" and "syslogpriority" (case is important!). They are numerical values..."
http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/rsyslog_recording_pri.html

Thanks
Jose

[michaelzhao]

Hi I see this in clog, everything seems working fine.

CMDPHP: Poller[0] ERROR: A DB Exec Failed!, Error:'1062', SQL:"INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('syslog_last_total','131')'

I am not using cacti db, my config.php like this:

global $config, $database_type, $database_default, $database_hostname;
global $database_username, $database_password, $database_port;

/* revert if you dont use the Cacti database */
$use_cacti_db = false;

if (!$use_cacti_db) {
$syslogdb_type = 'mysql';
$syslogdb_default = 'syslog';
$syslogdb_hostname = 'localhost';
$syslogdb_username = 'cactiuser';
$syslogdb_password = 'xxxxxx';
$syslogdb_port = 3306;
}else{
$syslogdb_type = $database_type;
$syslogdb_default = $database_default;
$syslogdb_hostname = $database_hostname;
$syslogdb_username = $database_username;
$syslogdb_password = $database_password;
$syslogdb_port = $database_port;
}

/* field in the incomming table */
$syslog_incoming_config['dateField'] = 'date';
$syslog_incoming_config['timeField'] = 'time';
$syslog_incoming_config['priorityField'] = 'priority';
$syslog_incoming_config['facilityField'] = 'facility';
$syslog_incoming_config['hostField'] = 'host';
$syslog_incoming_config['textField'] = 'message';
$syslog_incoming_config['id'] = 'seq';

[michaelzhao]

A small issue. (not related with ver 1.05)

I can't see that "!" (inside a triangle) icon beside the graphs.
But it is working fine on my anothere cacti server.

Which file should I look at?

[TheWitness]

A small issue. (not related with ver 1.05)

I can't see that "!" (inside a triangle) icon beside the graphs.
But it is working fine on my anothere cacti server.

Which file should I look at?

Permissions. A fix was made to remove the option for users that are not entitled to access that area.

TheWitness

[TheWitness]

Hi I see this in clog, everything seems working fine.

CMDPHP: Poller[0] ERROR: A DB Exec Failed!, Error:'1062', SQL:"INSERT INTO settings VALUES ('syslog_last_total','131')'

I am not using cacti db, my config.php like this:

global $config, $database_type, $database_default, $database_hostname;
global $database_username, $database_password, $database_port;

/* revert if you dont use the Cacti database */
$use_cacti_db = false;

if (!$use_cacti_db) {
$syslogdb_type = 'mysql';
$syslogdb_default = 'syslog';
$syslogdb_hostname = 'localhost';
$syslogdb_username = 'cactiuser';
$syslogdb_password = 'xxxxxx';
$syslogdb_port = 3306;
}else{
$syslogdb_type = $database_type;
$syslogdb_default = $database_default;
$syslogdb_hostname = $database_hostname;
$syslogdb_username = $database_username;
$syslogdb_password = $database_password;
$syslogdb_port = $database_port;
}

/* field in the incomming table */
$syslog_incoming_config['dateField'] = 'date';
$syslog_incoming_config['timeField'] = 'time';
$syslog_incoming_config['priorityField'] = 'priority';
$syslog_incoming_config['facilityField'] = 'facility';
$syslog_incoming_config['hostField'] = 'host';
$syslog_incoming_config['textField'] = 'message';
$syslog_incoming_config['id'] = 'seq';

Can you please open a bug report at http://bugs.cacti.net

TheWitness

[TheWitness]

Hi Witness:
I realize the syslog messages from my Cisco Routers appears in Syslog Plugin with numbers (not text, for example "warnings" appears as "4" ), and for this reason the colors don't work.

I've checked the table "syslog_priorities" :
mysql> select * from syslog_priorities;
+-------------+----------+---------------------+
| priority_id | priority | last_updated |
+-------------+----------+---------------------+
| 1 | emer | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 2 | crit | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 3 | alert | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 4 | err | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 5 | warn | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 6 | notice | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 7 | info | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 8 | debug | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 9 | other | 2010-08-29 21:21:17 |
| 10 | 4 | 2010-08-29 21:25:04 |
| 11 | 6 | 2010-08-29 21:25:04 |
| 12 | 3 | 2010-08-29 21:25:04 |
+-------------+----------+---------------------+

tha last three ones (4,6 and 3), come from my Cisco Routers, I attach a capture.

I'm using rsyslog (according the instructions on the plugin cacti web). I read at rsyslog web page, too:

"...rsyslog provides message properties for the priority. These are called "PRI", "syslogfacility" and "syslogpriority" (case is important!). They are numerical values..."
http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/rsyslog_recording_pri.html

Thanks
Jose

I suspect that this is a rsyslog configuration option.

TheWitness

[joseme]

Hi Witness:
I change the %syslogpriority% to '%syslogpriority-text%' (I found this in rsyslog web), In rsyslog.conf, now I get Err,Warn,Info , under "Level" ... but the the colors function doesn't twork (I think it should work for "Info" at least)...
the filter (combo box: Info++, etc..) works well.
How the rows are colored?, maybe the "priority" must be a complete word, like "warning" not only "warn"?
Could you take a look, please...

thanks
José

[michaelzhao]

A small issue. (not related with ver 1.05)

I can't see that "!" (inside a triangle) icon beside the graphs.
But it is working fine on my anothere cacti server.

Which file should I look at?

Permissions. A fix was made to remove the option for users that are not entitled to access that area.

TheWitness

Hi TheWitness

Sorry, I didn't get it. I am using v1.05 and cacti hostname matchs the syslog hostname. Is this a bug in v1.05? (I found a bug report at http://bugs.cacti.net/, but it claimed that this has been fixed in 1.04-8/9 release)

[joseme]

Hi Witness:
Today I've checked and my Syslog is working (colors are OK)!! , Maybe I should have wait 10 minutes or a little more to see the results....
Well, for people who use rsyslog: change this in rsyslog.conf (if you want to see Syslog plugin full color)

%syslogpriority% to '%syslogpriority-text%'

after that restart rsyslog and wait 5-to ten minutes to see the results.

Thanks...
Jose

[TheWitness]

A small issue. (not related with ver 1.05)

I can't see that "!" (inside a triangle) icon beside the graphs.
But it is working fine on my anothere cacti server.

Which file should I look at?

Permissions. A fix was made to remove the option for users that are not entitled to access that area.

TheWitness

Hi TheWitness

Sorry, I didn't get it. I am using v1.05 and cacti hostname matchs the syslog hostname. Is this a bug in v1.05? (I found a bug report at http://bugs.cacti.net/, but it claimed that this has been fixed in 1.04-8/9 release)

I see now. The hostnames must match identically