[Pdns-users] Log written in multiple files

[Thomas Mieslinger]

Hi,

I have tried a long time to get it working with rsyslog etc.

But finally I have moved on to journald. Now I have readable, per pdns
instance logfiles.

so start pdns with --disable-syslog

add
log-timestamp=no
to pdns.conf

gives you readable logs per pdns instance you can easily read using
journalctl -fu pdns at instance.

You can then ship the journald to your central syslog server.

Best

Thomas

On 7/29/20 9:46 AM, Markus Ehrlicher via Pdns-users wrote:
> Hello Pierrick,
>
> what kind of OS do you use?
>
> „if $programname == 'pdns_recursor' then stop“ in your
> syslog-configuration should do the trick.
>
> best regards,
>
> Markus
>
> *Von:*Pdns-users <pdns-users-bounces at mailman.powerdns.com> *Im Auftrag
> von *Pierrick CHOVELON via Pdns-users
> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2020 09:11
> *An:* pdns-users at mailman.powerdns.com
> *Betreff:* [Pdns-users] Log written in multiple files
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm struggling with the logging configuration. I enabled the syslog
> logging on a pdns-recursor.
>
> So I got three files :
>
> local5.=info                       -/var/log/pdns/pdns.info  <http://pdns.info>
> local5.=warn                       -/var/log/pdns/pdns.warn
> local5.err                        /var/log/pdns/pdns.err
>
> As my server is being more and more used, it generates more logs and I
> can see that logs are also written in /etc/var/log/syslog and messages
> which will used a lot of space ...
>
> I tried with many configuration, but can't achieve what I want :
>
>   * logs only in those three files not elsewhere
>
> Here is the execstart of the service
>
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/pdns_recursor --daemon=no --write-pid=no
> --log-timestamp=no
>
> I put this line in the service definition to disable the logging in
> /var/log/syslog
>
> StandardOutput=null
>
> But logs are still written in /var/log/messages
>
> Have you got any idea ?
>
> Regards !
>
>
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