rsyslog stopped logging during DNS outage
Issue
- DNS issue stopping syslog messages from being received despite host names or related properties (e.g.
$fromhost) not being used in rsyslog configuration. - Remote syslog messages not being written to logs.
Environment
- Rsyslog set up to receive remote logs.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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