CARP Syncing of logs
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Question. Im working on setting up a redundant PfSense system. Currently, we have only 1 PFSense Firewall and we want to make sure we have redundancy, so adding a second PFSense and using CARP in between them.
I figured out most of the package sync, as most of them have syncing, but:
1. We have installed syslog-ng package. How does PfSense sync this data logs? I mean, the logs for syslog-ng is on master server. In case that server fails to the backup server, do the logs fail over as well? We have it set for 60 days worth of logs.
2. We have installed cron package. We sometimes run specific cronjobs by entering it via the GUI. Do these jobs get synced to the backup server via CARP?
3. Squid Proxy Reports. How do these logs get copied to the backup server? Does it do it automatically or what? I dont see a sync option.Thanks for your help…
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1. The log data wouldn't be synced – If you want to keep log data in that fashion you should be using an external syslog server to retain the logs.
2. The cron package doesn't sync, you'll have to copy those manually
3. The proxy logs don't sync, so the reports would not sync.
