syslog-ng-ctl(1)



SYSLOG-NG-CTL(1)        The syslog-ng control tool man        SYSLOG-NG-CTL(1)

NAME
       syslog-ng-ctl - Display message statistics and enable verbose, debug
       and trace modes in

SYNOPSIS
       syslog-ng-ctl [command] [options]

DESCRIPTION
       NOTE: The syslog-ng-ctl application is distributed with the system
       logging application, and is usually part of the syslog-ng package. The
       latest version of the syslog-ng application is available at the
       official syslog-ng website[1].

       This manual page is only an abstract, for the complete documentation of
       syslog-ng, see The Administrator Guide[2].

       The syslog-ng-ctl application is a utility that can be used to:

       o   enable/disable various syslog-ng messages for troubleshooting

       o   display statistics about the processed messages

       o   reload the configuration of .

ENABLING TROUBLESHOOTING MESSAGES
       command [options]

       Use the syslog-ng-ctl <command> --set=on command to display verbose,
       trace, or debug messages. If you are trying to solve configuration
       problems, the verbose (and occasionally trace) messages are usually
       sufficient. Debug messages are needed mostly for finding software
       errors. After solving the problem, do not forget to turn these messages
       off using the syslog-ng-ctl <command> --set=off. Note that enabling
       debug messages does not enable verbose and trace messages.

       Use syslog-ng-ctl <command> without any parameters to display whether
       the particular type of messages are enabled or not.

       If you need to use a non-standard control socket to access syslog-ng,
       use the syslog-ng-ctl <command> --set=on --control=<socket> command to
       specify the socket to use.

       verbose
           Print verbose messages. If syslog-ng was started with the --stderr
           or -e option, the messages will be sent to stderr. If not
           specified, syslog-ng will log such messages to its internal source.

       trace
           Print trace messages of how messages are processed. If syslog-ng
           was started with the --stderr or -e option, the messages will be
           sent to stderr. If not specified, syslog-ng will log such messages
           to its internal source.

       debug
           Print debug messages. If syslog-ng was started with the --stderr or
           -e option, the messages will be sent to stderr. If not specified,
           syslog-ng will log such messages to its internal source.

       Example:

           syslog-ng-ctl verbose --set=on

THE STATS COMMAND
       stats [options]

       Use the stats command to display statistics about the processed
       messages. The stats command has the following options:

       --control=<socket> or -c
           Specify the socket to use to access syslog-ng. Only needed when
           using a non-standard socket.

       --reset or -r
           Reset all statistics to zero, except for the stored counters. (The
           stored counters show the number of messages stored in the message
           queue of the destination driver, waiting to be sent to the
           destination.)

       Example:

           syslog-ng-ctl stats

       An example output:

           src.internal;s_all#0;;a;processed;6445
           src.internal;s_all#0;;a;stamp;1268989330
           destination;df_auth;;a;processed;404
           destination;df_news_dot_notice;;a;processed;0
           destination;df_news_dot_err;;a;processed;0
           destination;d_ssb;;a;processed;7128
           destination;df_uucp;;a;processed;0
           source;s_all;;a;processed;7128
           destination;df_mail;;a;processed;0
           destination;df_user;;a;processed;1
           destination;df_daemon;;a;processed;1
           destination;df_debug;;a;processed;15
           destination;df_messages;;a;processed;54
           destination;dp_xconsole;;a;processed;671
           dst.tcp;d_network#0;10.50.0.111:514;a;dropped;5080
           dst.tcp;d_network#0;10.50.0.111:514;a;processed;7128
           dst.tcp;d_network#0;10.50.0.111:514;a;stored;2048
           destination;df_syslog;;a;processed;6724
           destination;df_facility_dot_warn;;a;processed;0
           destination;df_news_dot_crit;;a;processed;0
           destination;df_lpr;;a;processed;0
           destination;du_all;;a;processed;0
           destination;df_facility_dot_info;;a;processed;0
           center;;received;a;processed;0
           destination;df_kern;;a;processed;70
           center;;queued;a;processed;0
           destination;df_facility_dot_err;;a;processed;0

RELOADING THE CONFIGURATION
       command [options]

       Use the syslog-ng-ctl reload command to reload the configuration file
       of without having to restart the application. The syslog-ng-ctl reload
       works like a SIGHUP.

FILES
       /usr/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl

SEE ALSO
       The syslog-ng Administrator Guide[2]

       syslog-ng.conf(5)

       syslog-ng(8)

           Note
           For the detailed documentation of see The 3.27 Administrator
           Guide[3]

           If you experience any problems or need help with syslog-ng, visit
           the syslog-ng mailing list[4].

           For news and notifications about of syslog-ng, visit the syslog-ng
           blogs[5].

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by the Balabit Documentation Team
       <documentation@balabit.com>.

COPYRIGHT
NOTES
        1. the official syslog-ng website
           https://syslog-ng.org

        2. The  Administrator Guide
           https://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

        3. The  3.27 Administrator Guide
           https://www.balabit.com/documents/syslog-ng-ose-latest-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-guide-admin/html/index.html

        4. syslog-ng mailing list
           https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng

        5. syslog-ng blogs
           https://syslog-ng.org/blogs/

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