HAProxy local syslog not working

vynce

pfSense Plus 23.05.1
HAProxy package 0.63_1

Setting the syslog host to /var/run/log in the HAProxy settings doesn't produce any entries in the pfSense system logs.

Following the suggestion in this post fixes the issue by making syslogd listen to a UDP socket:

Edit /etc/defaults/rc.conf (Diagnostics -> Edit File).
Change syslogd_flags="-s" to syslogd_flags="-s -b localhost -C"
Restart the syslogd service (Status -> Services).

They also reference this forum post with more details:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/haproxy-not-logging.76876/#post-477067

Bismarck

@vynce Thanks, works like a champ!

I've made a patch for this:

--- rc.conf	2023-06-28 06:37:17.000000000 +0200
+++ rc.conf.new	2023-11-10 09:28:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 hostapd_enable="NO"		# Run hostap daemon.
 syslogd_enable="YES"		# Run syslog daemon (or NO).
 syslogd_program="/usr/sbin/syslogd" # path to syslogd, if you want a different one.
-syslogd_flags="-s"		# Flags to syslogd (if enabled).
+syslogd_flags="-s -b localhost -C"	# Flags to syslogd (if enabled).
 syslogd_oomprotect="YES"	# Don't kill syslogd when swap space is exhausted. 
 altlog_proglist=""		# List of chrooted applicatioins in /var
 inetd_enable="NO"		# Run the network daemon dispatcher (YES/NO).

System > Patches > Add New Patch

Description: haproxy syslog fix
Patch Contents: c&p code from above
Base Directory: /etc/default
Auto Apply: check
Save
+Apply

Restart syslogd service > Status > Services

vynce

Nice!

I forgot to link to the issue ticket: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14764

travisboult

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