Send Dovecot logs to rsyslog

Nicolas Fo nicocofo2 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 6 11:20:14 UTC 2016


For information, my Dovecot version is 2.2.13, hop it can help.
Thanks
Nicolas

2016-02-05 19:59 GMT+01:00 Nicolas Fo <nicocofo2 at gmail.com>:

> Hello, thanks to take time for my problem.
> Just tested with this command from my mail server: logger -p local5.info
> "hello world"
> This message is well sent to my Graylog server.
> It seems it's a problem between Dovecot and rsyslog :/
> Any ideas ?
> Thanks
> Nicolas
>
> 2016-02-05 16:52 GMT+01:00 Brad Guzules <unixmfwic at mac.com>:
>
>> Hi Nicolas,
>>
>> If you use 'logger' to test local5.info without Dovecot in the mix do
>> you have success reaching your remote server?
>>
>> Sent from my iPad.
>>
>> > On Feb 5, 2016, at 6:42 AM, Nicolas Fo <nicocofo2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> > I'm trying to send Dovecot logs to a Graylog server.
>> > To do this, I'd like to pass logs to rsyslog and rsyslog pass logs to
>> > remote Graylog server.
>> > I set in dovecot.conf : syslog_facility = local5.info
>> > I set in rsyslog.conf : local5.info           @192.168.xxx.xxx:5555
>> > Restarted services and it doesn't work.
>> >
>> > I use nmap to test if port 5555 is opened and this port is open.
>> >
>> > What missed I ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Nicolas
>>
>
>


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