haproxy not logging

I have configured rsyslog (CentOS 6.3) adding the -c 0 -r options and the line

local2.* /var/log/haproxy.log 

and restarted rsyslog but all that happens is an haproxy.log gets created. It is never written to.

Not quite sure how to troubleshoot this.

Below is my haproxy.cfg file. Nothing else is configured to use local2 according to grepping for it in rsyslog.conf. My haproxy config is basically the default, just trying to get logging working first.

Solution 1:

I believe haproxy only have syslog logging via UDP. What is your log config line in haproxy.cfg?

Is it?

log 127.0.0.1 local2

If so, you'll need to enable the UDP server modules in the rsyslog configuration by uncommenting:

$ModLoad imudp.so
$UDPServerRun 514

Tip: I run the following command on all my haproxy servers:

sudo sed -i 's/#$ModLoad imudp.so/$ModLoad imudp.so/' /etc/rsyslog.conf; sudo sed -i 's/#$UDPServerRun 514/$UDPServerRun 514/' /etc/rsyslog.conf; sudo service rsyslog restart