rsyslog: Enable queuing of log messages.

This prevents messages from getting lost when the log vserver is
temporarily unavailable.

diff --git a/etc/rsyslog.conf b/etc/rsyslog.conf
index 088b8bbb3411d6f750fee7e64355d64db8cbe263..7b959032dc819138bbf671c2946183f768a69fd1 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/etc/rsyslog.conf
@@ -79,5 +79,15 @@ local0,local1,local2,\
 #### Remote logging ####
 ########################
 
-# Send all log entries to the log vserver
-*.*                            :omrelp:log:514;RSYSLOG_SyslogProtocol23Format
+# Send all log entries to the log vserver, but queue them in memory as well as
+# on disk if needed.
+$WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog
+# Use a linked list for queueing
+$ActionQueueType LinkedList
+# Name to use for the queue file
+$ActionQueueFileName remote
+# infinite retries on insert failure
+$ActionResumeRetryCount -1
+# save in-memory data if rsyslog shuts down
+$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on
+*.*                            @@log;RSYSLOG_SyslogProtocol23Format