Logger FAQ
Logger FAQ
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Are these wiki pages still valid for ZCS 7.x? http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Logger_(ZCS_6.0.x_and_later) http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Logger_(ZCS_5.0.x_and_earlier) A) yes
Q) In a multi node environment, can I mix logger daemons (syslogd, rsyslog, syslog-ng)? A) Yes, however you are likely to encounter compatibility problems; http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=67884 http://rsyslog.com/doc/v3compatibility.html
Q) TCP or UDP? A) UDP is recommended since we have seen a tcp based syslog freezing a whole system. Here is an interesting blog http://blog.gerhards.net/2008/04/on-unreliability-of-plain-tcp-syslog.html