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PROGRAM:

NAME

syslog-ng-ctl - Display message statistics and enable verbose, debug and trace modes in
syslog-ng Open Source Edition

SYNOPSIS

syslog-ng-ctl [command] [options]

DESCRIPTION

NOTE: The syslog-ng-ctl application is distributed with the syslog-ng Open Source Edition
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
syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator Guide[2].

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

· enable/disable various syslog-ng messages for troubleshooting;

· display statistics about the processed messages.

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 debug (and occassionally
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.

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

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