note that /dev/log link may need manual fixing

diff --git a/syslog-ng-simple.conf b/syslog-ng-simple.conf
index afd20640f1c47824962b69f6483d0a8f7a9a57e6..357b502506c4c2bb15d9b4902d06510ae1a2823d 100644 (file)
--- a/syslog-ng-simple.conf
+++ b/syslog-ng-simple.conf
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ options {
 
 source s_sys   {
        file ("/proc/kmsg" program_override("kernel"));
+
        unix-stream("/dev/log" max-connections(1000) log_iw_size(100000));
 # if using systemd, comment out the line above, and uncomment line below
 #      unix-dgram("/run/systemd/journal/syslog");
+# NOTE: if you are running under systemd and fixed config then you may need to manually fix /dev/log symlink:
+# ln -s /run/systemd/journal/dev-log /dev/log
+#
        internal();
 };
 

diff --git a/syslog-ng.conf b/syslog-ng.conf
index 2b5f6c94efd402718b4f816b2d72011baa55b399..5936c1657da1a2b46f68f1193f8e8a26df4a475b 100644 (file)
--- a/syslog-ng.conf
+++ b/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ options {
        threaded(yes);
 };
 
-source s_sys   {
+source s_sys {
+# NOTE:
+#   if you are running under systemd and just merged config then you may
+#   need to manually fix /dev/log symlink:
+# # ln -s /run/systemd/journal/dev-log /dev/log
        system();
        internal();
 };