Keep more of syslog

[szepe.viktor]

I've noticed /tmp/syslog.log is copied to syslog.log-1 - maybe - daily.
How is it possible to keep more of syslog without copying it offsite?

Thank you for your help

 

[Brouno]

Try

nvram set log_ipaddr=FQDN |IP
nvram set log_port=PORT
nvram commit

To syslog offsite, even on remote syslog facilities like papertrail.com
In case of remote syslog, you will loose the very early start of log, before the WAN is up & running, but it's not a big miss from my point of view..

BR,
Brouno

 

[szepe.viktor]

Thank you!

> ... without copying it offsite

Is there a solution to keep it on the router itself?

 

[Martineau]

Thank you!

> ... without copying it offsite

Is there a solution to keep it on the router itself?

You can move syslog to a flash drive attached to the router..

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/system-log-to-usb-disk.8217/

I have a custom script that renames the logs so I can quickly review the effects of new scripts during reboots.

NOTE: I have so far never experienced a router crash although there have been a couple of power outages so hopefully if the router did crash there may be something useful saved on the flash drive, but who knows?

 

[szepe.viktor]

I ended up in a cru job.

OLD_LOG="/tmp/syslog.log-1"
LOGS="/mnt/optware/log"

[ -f "$OLD_LOG" ] && mv "$OLD_LOG" "$LOGS"

# /jffs/scripts/init-start
# cru a syslogsave "10 12 * * *  /mnt/optware/root/syslogsave.sh"