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This PR updates the syslog configuration log4j 2. The configuration as was includes non-existent elements and seems incomplete.

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On a server the lines as in this PR were changed and rsyslog was configured with the imtcp module. Messages would then appear in /various/log/messages

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can you give more details in the description and the title ?

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@DaanHoogland can you give more details in the description and the title ?

will do, work in prgress though (untested as of yet)

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Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the syslog configuration files for both the server and client by modifying the log4j 2 settings. The key changes include the addition of new attributes (port, protocol, appName) to the Syslog element, and the removal of the existing ThresholdFilter and PatternLayout configurations.

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server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in Updated the Syslog element by adding port, protocol, and appName while removing filtering and layout elements
client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in Updated the Syslog element similarly with new port, protocol, and appName attributes
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server/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in:59

  • The removal of the ThresholdFilter and PatternLayout elements may lead to unfiltered or unformatted logs. Please confirm that this change is intentional and that the new configuration provides the necessary log filtering.
<Syslog name="SYSLOG" host="localhost" port="514" protocol="UDP" appName="ApacheCloudStack" facility="LOCAL6">

client/conf/log4j-cloud.xml.in:53

  • The new syslog configuration has removed the ThresholdFilter and PatternLayout settings, which might affect log filtering and formatting. Verify that the intended logging behavior is preserved under this new configuration.
<Syslog name="SYSLOG" host="localhost" port="514" protocol="UDP" appName="ApacheCloudStack" facility="LOCAL6">

@DaanHoogland DaanHoogland changed the title syslog syslog configuration update for log4j2 Jun 9, 2025
@DaanHoogland DaanHoogland marked this pull request as ready for review June 9, 2025 07:53

<Syslog name="SYSLOG" host="localhost" facility="LOCAL6">
<ThresholdFilter level="WARN" onMatch="ACCEPT" onMismatch="DENY"/>
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{DEFAULT} %-5p [%c{1.}] (%t:%x) (logid:%X{logcontextid}) %m%ex{filters(${filters})}%n"/>
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@DaanHoogland is there a reason to remove the pattern and threshold?

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yes, these do not work and I cannot find them in the log4j2 documentation. The empty Syslog works, so I am keeping it as simple as possible.

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According to the documentation, the Syslog appender accepts a Filter and a Layout, same as the other appenders that are defined in this file (see https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.12.x/manual/appenders.html#SyslogAppender).
In my env I see that the logs are not being appended to syslog, but that is because it is not listening for it. If I configure it to listen on port 514, and add the port="514" protocol="UDP" configuration on the log4j2 xml it starts working.

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@paulgosden a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

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Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 13690

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@DaanHoogland a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

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Packaging result [SF]: ✖️ el8 ✖️ el9 ✖️ debian ✖️ suse15. SL-JID 13767

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Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 13776

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@harikrishna-patnala @weizhouapache , do we need/want this, or close?

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