rsyslog doesn't log all incoming messages
Issue
- On a system with configured rsyslog for incoming rules, not all the messages get logged
- rsyslog has a high rate of UDP error
Udp: packet receive errors
orUdp: RcvbufErrors
innetstat -s
- rsyslog dropping or missing logs when listening for logs from remote logging hosts
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- rsyslog listening for UDP log messages
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