Use the patchadd command to add patches to servers or standalone systems. Syslog, is a standardized way or protocol of producing and sending log and event information from unixlinux and windows systems which produces event logs and devices routers, firewalls, switches, servers, etc over udp port 514 to a centralized logevent message collector which is known as a syslog server one of the main reasons syslog was so widely accepted throughout the industry was. It is important to gather sufficient information before starting a. May 19, 2009 solaris 10 patch return codes may 19, 2009 by gleb reys 4 comments now that some of the systems i have to regularly patch are solaris 10 ones, i have to get used to the new patch return codes which one can see when applying one of the suns recommended patchsets. This way the information is not lost, no matter what syslog daemon is used and no matter where it is sent across the network.
Generally speaking, the syslogd daemon receive messages from applications on local remote hosts and then redirects them to a specific log file. Line 8 matches all messages with a level of err or higher, as well as kern. You can alter the etchosts file and add the desired windows host with the loghost alias to have syslog messages transferred to it another method is to configure the desired destination in the etcnf file appropriate to your needs see also man nf for more details. You can alter the etchosts file and add the desired windows host with the loghost alias to have syslog messages transferred to it. On solaris 8, yassp will start syslog with the t option, so it will not accept syslog connections from other hosts.
After configuring syslogd to log to a remote syslog server, i still. As the machine will probably not have an internet connection during installation, you can either predownload all necessary patches into a directory accessible via nfs, or set up a local caching proxy. Does solaris 10 syslogd daemon have an option to allow both rfc3164, and rfc5424 syslog type messages to be accepted by the syslog server. Instead of listing several patches on the command line, you can create a text file containing a list of patches. Dmp generates the same entry for each of the partitions 8. Consider a separate, large var filesystem for syslogwebnewsproxy servers or firewall filters. Add the appropriate facility to the syslog configuration file for example, to store all alerts using the user facility, add the following line to etc syslog.
If you are running the solaris 8 or 9 release, unpack the package by using the. This is the full solaris 10 8 11 update 10 release image. If inetd services are needed, set runinetd to yes and uncomment the appropriate line in etcnf. The rest of the article and the accompanying script work on the solaris 8, 9, or 10 os. Fixed facilities is a big shortcoming of standard syslog a design blunder.
This should be used only when the content of the patch is known and trusted, and is primarily included to allow patchadd to apply a patch on systems without the ability to verify the patch signature, such as solaris 8. Gerry haskins director security and release management. Solaris 10 811 update 10 patchset now available oracle. Add the appropriate facility to the syslog configuration file for example, to store all alerts using the user facility, add the. Rfc3164 is an older syslog protocol which has been superceded by the latest rfc5424. Volume manager on solaris, patch detail sort veritas. Perl is included in the os image which is booted over the network for installation starting with solaris 8.
If anyone has got syslogng working on solaris 10, do you have a set of instructions i could follow to get it installed and working. I am trying to send the messages to both my linux boxes and other solaris 10 boxes but none of the log servers are receiving the messages. Another method is to configure the desired destination in the etc syslog. Managing solaris patches by using the patchadd command. In solaris 8 and solaris 7 edit the startup scripts to start the syslogd daemon in. I want to then use a central loghost to aggregate all logs from multiple sol 10 boxes. The course also covers tasks in solaris 10 that replace previous solaris tasks. The configuration file etcnf is used to control the output of syslogd. Sft managing solaris 10 for experienced solaris 8 and 9. Adding a solaris patch system administration guide.
Its similar to the solaris 8 9 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. Howto rotate logs on sun solaris beeznest n1 chamilo. Disable remote logging in syslog daemon sun solaris. Replacing syslog on solaris 10 with syslogng opensystems. Procedure for configuring syslog ng on client hosts. Configuring solaris syslogd for centralized log setup. The problem im having is on the box acting as loghost. How centralized logging works figure 1 illustrates that when any running system process needs to log an event, it sends a message directly to the syslog daemon. Procedure for configuring syslog ng on server hosts installation and configuration of syslog ng short description of the packages installation procedure of syslog ng and other dependency packages disabling the builtin syslog and shell smf services writing syslog ng startup script validating.
Learn more how to stop syslog messages to write console on solaris. Here varadminfo is an example local directory in which messages will be stored. The logadm command is a preconfigured entry in the default crontab file supplied with solaris 9 and solaris 10. Select the solaris releases and platforms you are interested in for example, oracle solaris on sparc 64bit. Use patchadd to install the patches instead of installpatch. For example, activate and boot into the solaris 10 boot environment, and either patch the live boot environment or create another inactive boot environment, and then. Sending syslog messages to a remote syslog server sun solaris. Starting from solaris 9, there is a standard tool, called logadm, to rotate logs. Cannot patch solaris 10 from solaris 8 or 9 oracle. The program of the syslog is syslogd, that is, syslog daemon.
Solaris solves this problem by taking the task of logging away from individual processes and centralizing it in a single syslog daemon called syslogd. Use the patchadd p command to display information about patches installed. On solaris 8, the user bundle can be customised via f4, packages can be added or removed. The long awaited new update release of solaris 10 807 is available for. Has anyone had any luck with getting a solaris 10 server to send syslog into loginsight. I was told there was a storm and the power went out or something around that time, but there were never any problems. Hi folks, i am attempting to setup a solaris 10 syslog server to receive logs from linux machines. Bigadmin submitted tech tip system log rotation utilizing logadm for solaris 9, solaris 10 by kristopher march today, most system administrators are looking for ways to maximize their time at work and are always finding new and efficient ways of carrying out their daily tasks. The log entry would still be on the whole second, but the message would contain the. Unless a server is as a remote central logging server, it is recommended to disable remote logging in solaris. As i mentioned earlier syslog deamon read etcnf before processing any system message that triggered within the solaris. I have both type devices reporting to my syslog server. Use one of the following patchadd command lines to display information about patches that have been applied to your system.
Solaris 8 restart syslogd with rc script, server crash user4485593 feb 26, 2010 4. Solaris 10 not logging anything last time anything was written to varadmmessages and varlog syslog was aug 26 2010. This article was written and tested for solaris 8, but the techniques. The builtin solaris tool, logadm, is one way to do so. Stack overflow for teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. If you need to add a patch to a diskless client system, see patching diskless client os services. Configure remote syslog in solaris 10 debian there need to be done one simple thing. The actions are generally the places to display or log the standard output. The user has to configure the log configuration file etcnf and each line in the configuration file must consist of the first two parts below.
I know the developers of rsyslog support solaris, but the big question in an enterprise environment is will oracle support my solaris 11 server if i replaced the the standard syslog with rsyslog. This section provides instructions on configuring the solaris, linux, and hpux operating systems to accept syslog alerts. The log entry would still be on the whole second, but the message would contain the fractional part although precision probably wouldn. If using live upgrade to upgrade an inactive boot environment from solaris 8 or 9 to solaris 10, you must activate and boot into the solaris 10 boot environment before patching it. Syslog ng offeres a lot more features and performs much better imho so i ended up replacing my syslogd to syslog ng. And the general structure of the nf reflects a set of selectors facility. Hello, i am running solaris 9 sparc and for no apparent reason we stopped getting messages logged to varadmmessages. I am trying to send out syslog messages from solaris 10 machines by editing the bottom of the etcnf with the following line. Configuring the operating system to accept syslog alerts. The solaris 10 0508 patch bundle contains the equivalent set of patches contained in the solaris 10 0508 update 5 release image. I need to send syslog messages over local stream interface, not on udp or tcp. Analyzing a patchadd or patchrm failure in the solaris os oracle. Patches can not be backed out if this option is used. Sending syslog messages to a remote syslog server sun solaris i have successfully setup a centralized syslog server on linux accepting logs from remote clients.
And the other part of the question is if perhaps rsyslog is already installed by default i. This handson course is intended to provide experienced solaris 8 and solaris 9 systems administrators with practical experience in carrying out similar or related tasks they are currently managing but on a solaris 10 system. I want to implement centralized syslog server for my linux servers in order to log successfull logging and failure loggings. Now that some of the systems i have to regularly patch are solaris 10 ones, i have to get used to the new patch return codes which one can see when applying one of the suns recommended patchsets. The syslog syscall included with solaris starting with solaris 8 includes this information in the syslog message itself configurable via a file. Liblognorm shall help to make sense out of syslog data, liblognorm. I am trying to send out syslog messages from solaris 10 machines by editing the bottom of the etc syslog. Configure the solaris syslog service to log all messages of debug level and higher to your syslog server. Line 12 matches all messages from the mail facility at level info or above and logs the messages to varlogmaillog. One being able to use the patchadd command and one is unable to do so. Sort the results by the updated column to see whats been released in the last 6 months. Install one tocsin per subnet, or on several sensitive hosts if switches rather than hubs. Syslogng offeres a lot more features and performs much better imho so i ended up replacing my syslogd to syslogng. Apr 11, 2012 does solaris 10 syslogd daemon have an option to allow both rfc3164, and rfc5424 syslog type messages to be accepted by the syslog server.
The syslog configuration file, etcnf, identifies where the system log file. In the second form, displays a list of the patches currently applied. Patch administration installing and maintaining solaris. The eventlog package depends on this package libevntlog an event notification. Line 17 uses a comparison flag to only match messages at level debug and logs them to varlogdebug. As i mentioned earlier syslog deamon read etc syslog. Hi im running solaris 10 on sparc and im using the bsm syslog plugin to divert bsm info to syslog. Disable remote logging in syslog daemon sun solaris system. If you need to add a patch to a diskless client system, see patching diskless client os services when you add a patch, the patchadd command calls the pkgadd command to install the patch packages from the patch directory to a local systems disk. To protect the logs from unauthorized access, execute. Command output is the same for the patchadd p and showrev p commands. Then specify the name of the text file on the command line in place of all the individual patch names. The solaris 7, solaris 8, solaris 9, and solaris 10 os patches are in zip format, for example, 10505001.
I have never really liked the syslogd shipped by sun for solaris. Add the appropriate facility to the syslog configuration file. Syslog, is a standardized way or protocol of producing and sending log and event information from unixlinux and windows systems which produces event logs and devices routers, firewalls, switches, servers, etc over udp port 514 to a centralized logevent message collector which is known as a syslog server. Specify a patch id with or without a revision or the special id all to not back. Jun 09, 2008 the solaris 10 508 patch bundle contains all the solaris patches which were available at the time the update release was being built, whereas the eis patch set is based upon the recommended patch cluster which is a relatively small subset containing the most critical solaris patches. Solaris 10 not logging anything last time anything was written to varadmmessages and varlogsyslog was aug 26 2010. Im not using syslog or syslogng to listen for connections. What im trying to do is to limit the patchadd command so that only root is able to run it. Patchadd on solaris 7 needs a little tweak to work with core only packages though. The solaris 10 0508 patch bundle was created as a result of direct customer feedback after the solaris 10 0807 update 4 release. If youre trying to debug some timing issue, then syslog may not be the right way to do that. Logadm is an independent utility, unlike integrated in syslog daemon capability that can be found in aix.
Jun 01, 2006 i have never really liked the syslogd shipped by sun for solaris. To configure the solaris os to accept syslog alerts sun. Logging alerts to the syslogd daemon oracle directory. However, if youre writing your own code, then you could include the time in the message portion of a syslog 3c call or from the shell, logger1. So, if you want to run a central syslog server, set syslogflags. Sending syslog messages to a remote syslog server sun. This will show an output for syslog with status idle.
Tells patchadd to ignore the signature and not to validate it. How to configuring local logging on solaris 8 and use. Solaris 10 0508 update 5 patch bundle oracle solaris blog. Im running a solaris 10 509 server, i have 2 users other than root. In solaris 8 and solaris 7 edit the startup scripts to start the syslogd daemon in nonremote logging mode. The following example adds the solaris 8 patch, 11187901.
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