Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support • Hacker News Board

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by nailer » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:24 AM UTC

kolev wrote: post #9

mfjordvald wrote: post #5

Especially considering that it's been available as a community patch since 0.8 days. http://wiki.nginx.org/3rdPartyModules#Third_party_patches

True, it's been available, but having it in the core means that it will get into Linux distros, i.e. people don't have to compile.

Distros have been patching things like this for a long time.

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by nailer » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:26 AM UTC

Any systemd experts know if there would there be any benefit to supporting journald directly, rather than through the syslog API, on Linux hosts?

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by chrisbolt » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:28 AM UTC

akurilin wrote: post #4

Why is logging to syslog as opposed to a separate file an important use case? Genuinely curious.

syslog -> logstash -> elasticsearch -> kibana

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by mfjordvald » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:56 AM UTC

kolev wrote: post #9

mfjordvald wrote: post #5

Especially considering that it's been available as a community patch since 0.8 days. http://wiki.nginx.org/3rdPartyModules#Third_party_patches

True, it's been available, but having it in the core means that it will get into Linux distros, i.e. people don't have to compile.

Yes, I'm saying it's really about time they added it to the core, especially because it's been available as a patch for a long time.

I get that they need to differentiate their paid version, I just wish it was in areas where the community hadn't already provided something that works.

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by Andys » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:58 AM UTC

How much buffering does it do, if any? If not sufficient, it can result in either reduced performance or dropped log messages..

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by ishi » Wed, May 28, 2014, 8:08 AM UTC

What does Nginx do if the log message is longer than the 1KB limit imposed by the syslog protocol?

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by atmosx » Wed, May 28, 2014, 8:21 AM UTC

It was about time, although I won't make any use of this feature.

ps. I always found metalog so much better than syslog.

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by livid » Wed, May 28, 2014, 8:25 AM UTC

This is very useful when you need to consolidate error_log from hundreds of Nginx servers.

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by WatchDog » Wed, May 28, 2014, 8:38 AM UTC

akurilin wrote: post #4

Why is logging to syslog as opposed to a separate file an important use case? Genuinely curious.

I think one reason people wanted it was to reduce/eliminate disk IO.

Re: Nginx 1.7.1 adds syslog support

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Post by rahilsondhi » Wed, May 28, 2014, 8:45 AM UTC

chrisbolt wrote: post #13

akurilin wrote: post #4

Why is logging to syslog as opposed to a separate file an important use case? Genuinely curious.

syslog -> logstash -> elasticsearch -> kibana

Can I reach you privately? I need help with my ELK set up :/