Re: Syslog-ng is not starting

This is only the case if you have the EPEL yum repository installed. 
syslog-ng is not included natively with RHEL 8.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/


On 2023-07-11 06:00, Peter Czanik (pczanik) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On RHEL 8 you can use yum or dnf to list available sub-packages:
>
> [root@localhost ~]# dnf search syslog-ng
> ========================================== Name Exactly Matched: 
> syslog-ng ===========================================
> syslog-ng.src : Next-generation syslog server
> syslog-ng.x86_64 : Next-generation syslog server
> ========================================= Name & Summary Matched: 
> syslog-ng ==========================================
> syslog-ng-afsnmp.x86_64 : SNMP support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-afsnmp-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-afsnmp
> syslog-ng-amqp.x86_64 : AMQP support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-amqp-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-amqp
> syslog-ng-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-debugsource.x86_64 : Debug sources for package syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-devel.x86_64 : Development files for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-geoip.x86_64 : geoip support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-geoip-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-geoip
> syslog-ng-http.x86_64 : HTTP support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-http-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-http
> syslog-ng-java.x86_64 : Java destination support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-java-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-java
> syslog-ng-java-deps.noarch : Java module dependencies for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-java-deps.src : Java module dependencies for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-kafka.x86_64 : kafka support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-kafka-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-kafka
> syslog-ng-libdbi.x86_64 : Libdbi support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-logrotate.x86_64 : Logrotate script for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-mongodb.x86_64 : mongodb support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-mongodb-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-mongodb
> syslog-ng-mqtt.x86_64 : mqtt support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-mqtt-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-mqtt
> syslog-ng-python.x86_64 : Python support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-python-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-python
> syslog-ng-python-modules.x86_64 : Python-based drivers for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-redis.x86_64 : redis support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-redis-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-redis
> syslog-ng-riemann.x86_64 : riemann support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-riemann-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-riemann
> syslog-ng-slog.x86_64 : $(slog) support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-slog-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-slog
> syslog-ng-smtp.x86_64 : smtp support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-smtp-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-smtp
> syslog-ng-snmpdest.x86_64 : SNMP destination support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-snmpdest-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-snmpdest
> syslog-ng-sql.x86_64 : SQL support for syslog-ng
> syslog-ng-sql-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package 
> syslog-ng-sql
> [root@localhost ~]#
>
> And then use dnf to install the sub-package(s) you need. In this case 
> syslog-ng-http:
>
> dnf install syslog-ng-http
>
> Bye,
> CzP
>
> Peter Czanik (CzP) <[email protected]>
> Balabit (a OneIdentity company) / syslog-ng upstream
> https://syslog-ng.com/community/ <https://syslog-ng.com/community/>
> https://twitter.com/PCzanik
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* syslog-ng <[email protected]> on behalf of 
> Gundlapally, Navanitha <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 5, 2023 15:59
> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng is not starting
>
> Team,
>
> I am new to syslog-ng and recently installed syslog-ng v3.23 on RHEL 
> 8.  However while trying to restart syslog-ng service it is failing 
> with below error.
>
> I read it on some blog that installing “http” should fix it but didn’t 
> find any steps on how to intall the module.  I did try to do a fresh 
> installation of syslog-ng 3.23 and no luck there.
>
> Plugin module not found in 'module-path'; 
> module-path='/usr/lib64/syslog-ng', module='http'
>
> Thank you
>
> NG.
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Evan Rempel                                         250.721.7691
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Data Centre Services, University Systems, University of Victoria

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