Cannot enable syslog-ng, syntax test failed, requires version 3.5

BennTech

I installed syslog-ng 3.5.4.1 pkg.v.1.0.2 on pfSense 2.1.5 i386. When I try to enable syslog-ng, it does not start and I get the following error:

**The following input errors were detected:

Syslog-ng syntax test failed: WARNING: Configuration file format is newer than the current version, please specify the
current version number (3.5) in the @version directive. syslog-ng will operate at its highest supported version in this
mode;**

I found /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf, which starts with:

# This file is automatically generated by pfSense
# Do not edit manually !
@version:3.6

With that file's warning, I assume it's best not change it, but alas, even changing it to the above error's prerequisite @version:3.5 has no effect. Same error.

Help!

snm777

These are the instructions I wrote for myself to fix this issue on pfsense 2.1.5. On 2.2, the package "just worked."

Log into the webgui as admin and go to Diagnostics->Edit file and browse to /usr/local/pkg/syslog-ng.inc and

1. search the file for @version. Change it from whatever it is (likely 3.6) to 3.5; i.e. "@version:3.6\n"; becomes "@version:3.5\n";

2. In the SAME FILE, find and replace this line (and yes, it’s all one line):

preg_match("/\bfile\b('"['"]/", base64_decode($object['objectparameters']), $match);

with this line:

preg_match("/[^-]\bfile\b('"['"]/", base64_decode($object['objectparameters']), $match);

3. and then SAVE the file.
Try and start the syslog-ng service now.

That's what I do on every one I install and it works like a charm.

depeche2004

hello gentlemen

The my last version is 3.7.

I have the same problem.

I applied a configuration informed but without success .

depeche2004

@snm777:

These are the instructions I wrote for myself to fix this issue on pfsense 2.1.5. On 2.2, the package "just worked."

Log into the webgui as admin and go to Diagnostics->Edit file and browse to /usr/local/pkg/syslog-ng.inc and

1. search the file for @version. Change it from whatever it is (likely 3.6) to 3.5; i.e. "@version:3.6\n"; becomes "@version:3.5\n";

2. In the SAME FILE, find and replace this line (and yes, it’s all one line):

preg_match("/\bfile\b('"['"]/", base64_decode($object['objectparameters']), $match);

with this line:

preg_match("/[^-]\bfile\b('"['"]/", base64_decode($object['objectparameters']), $match);

3. and then SAVE the file.
Try and start the syslog-ng service now.

That's what I do on every one I install and it works like a charm.

hello gentlemen

The my last version is 3.7.

I have the same problem.

I applied a configuration informed but without success .

johnpoz

What exactly are you trying to install on what? What version of pfsense are you running? There is syslog-ng package what works just fine.

psy0nic

@johnpoz:

What exactly are you trying to install on what? What version of pfsense are you running? There is syslog-ng package what works just fine.

We're trying to install package syslog-ng. We're getting the error below:

The following input errors were detected:

Syslog-ng syntax test failed: [2016-07-17T14:30:03.757548] WARNING: Configuration file format is too old, syslog-ng is running in compatibility mode Please update it to use the syslog-ng 3.7 format at your time of convinience, compatibility mode can operate less efficiently in some cases. To upgrade the configuration, please review the warnings about incompatible changes printed by syslog-ng, and once completed change the @version header at the top of the configuration file.;

Personally this is my version info. Not sure what others above are running:

2.3.1-RELEASE-p5 (i386)
built on Thu Jun 16 12:53:31 CDT 2016
FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p3

package version of syslog-ng is:

syslog-ng sysutils 1.1.2_3
syslog-ng-3.7.3_1

paftdunk

so this has been broken for over a year, with no attention?

dukecount

Same problem with:

pfSense Version:
2.3.2-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Tue Jul 19 12:44:43 CDT 2016
FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p5

Package version of syslog-ng:

Name Category Version
syslog-ng sysutils 1.1.2_3

Description
Package Dependencies:
logrotate-3.9.2 syslog-ng-3.7.3_4

Edit file /usr/local/pkg/syslog-ng.inc to search @version:3.6 and change it to @version:3.7

…then save the file and finally enable syslog-ng

It works for me

snm777

Sometime during the life of pfsense 2.2, logrotate stopped working for syslog-ng. Following my directions above, I am still able to get syslog-NG to start with no errors on pfsense 2.3.2, just changing the version to 3.7 instead of 3.5. That said, does anyone know if logrotate is working correctly for syslog-ng in pfsense 2.3.2? I need to get systems of of 2.1, but I have not been able to due to the issues with syslog-ng in 2.2. Need to do syslog over TLS, and the standard pfsense install can't do that.

EDIT: I found a way to get logrotate working for syslog-ng in pfsense 2.2.x:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=95832.msg647653#msg647653