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VictoriaLogs: Adding syslog-ng to a host and ingesting nginx log from jails

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This post is more self-documentation than anything else. The links in this post might be useful than the content. However, this post has been deprecated by a newer post which covers more material. Today I’ll start pulling production FreshPorts nginx logs into VictoriaLogs. Over the past few days, I’ve configured a proof-of-concept and now I’m ready to try this in prod. In this post: FreeBSD 15.0 (installed on the host aws-1) nginx-1.30.2_2,3 (running […]

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Getting Nginx logs into Victoria-Logs

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My goal today: get nginx logs into Victoria-Logs. I’ve already gotten Victoria-Logs running on FreeBSD and replaced syslog with syslog-ng to get TLS NOTE: This post was originally only about Nginx. I’ve since added general syslog messages to the configuration. However, this post has been deprecated by a newer post which covers more material. Also, the Adding an nginx proxy in front of Victoria-Labs post might be helpful before proceeding here. Over the

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Adding an nginx proxy in front of Victoria-Labs

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Victoria-Logs has an built-in UI – and it’s easier for me to access via my web browser if I put Nginx in front of it. In this post: FreeBSD 15.0 victoria-logs-1.50.0_2 nginx-1.30.2_2,3/li> Victoria Logs config This is the main configuration, as found in /etc/rc.conf: Those \ and multiple lines, yea, don’t do that, put it all on one line. I’ve done that above to make it easier for you to read. Nginx This

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Replacing syslogd with syslog-ng (sysutils/syslog-ng) on FreeBSD

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I just got Victoria Logs running. Now I want to get logs into it. For starters, I want to get the logs on the host itself into Victoria Logs. I figure this is a log-risk experiment. However, this post has been deprecated by a newer post which covers more material. In this post: FreeBSD 15.0 victoria-logs-1.50.0_2 syslog-ng-4.11.0_2 I will be using TLS between syslog-ng and victoria-logs – you will notice this is all

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LibreNMS 26.6.0 & itable cache directories vntl/var/db/

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I updated my version of LibreNMS to 26.6.0 and there are “decent sized refactor to the rrd processes” – I’m seeing the following: This is an issue with fontconfig The advice I was given: “XDG_CACHE_HOME might help, but I’m not sure if that is the right fix…” I first created a new directory (I’ve since discovered creating the directory is not necessary, adding the configuration item is sufficient): [12:45 besser dvl /var/db/librenms] %

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Getting Victoria Logs running on FreeBSD

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This post is only about getting Victoria Logs running on FreeBSD. A future post will go over configuration and getting logs in. I’m hoping Victoria Logs can fill the role which ElasticSearch once tried to fill, but failed; it was too finicky and fragile for my use. In this post: FreeBSD 15.0 victoria-logs-1.50.0_2 mkjail-0.0.8 Jail creation I’m going to run this in a jail, like most things. You don’t have to. I’m using

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Giving poudriere a jump start

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From time to time, I build my ports for a different version of MySQL, or Python, or, as in tonights case, PHP. My usual build command is: [23:43 pkg01 dvl ~] % sudo poudriere bulk -j 150amd64 -p default -z primary -f /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/buildlists/primary In this post: FreeBSD 15.0 poudriere-3.4.8 For me to build against PHP85, I first created this file: [23:56 pkg01 dvl /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d] % cat 150amd64-default-php85-make.conf DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= php=85 With that file in

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How changes to poudriere.conf affect the build time

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NOTE: I was starting my 6th build when I realized the log links are not publicly accessible. Sorry about that: https://pkg02.int.unixathome.org/ should not resolve for you. I have a new server in the basement, known as r7425-01 – it’s beefy. It’s newer than the other hosts I have. Should I retire one of the older servers? First, let’s see if it’s faster. My primary use case: building packages via poudriere. In this post:

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/usr/local/sbin/rrsync error: unsafe arg: / [”, ‘/usr/home/rsyncer/backups’]

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On Monday morning, I had eight emails each notifying me of a failed rsync attempt. This is one of those messages: Well, that’s a new one to me. This post will eventually show you the solution, and if that’s what you need now, jump to the bottom. If you’re not in a rush, I’m sure the following reading will be funny and a cure for your insomnia. Wow, … that sounds like Michael

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Increasing a bhyve vm disk

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This post is mostly notes for myself. There’s no real useful information here, apart from how to increase the disk space of your vm-bhyve instance. I’m just back from a short time away. I noticed my Home Assistant instance was running, but not responding. In this post: FreeBSD 15.0 vm-bhyve-1.7.3 I stopped and started it: [17:41 r730-01 dvl ~] % sudo vm list NAME DATASTORE LOADER CPU MEMORY VNC AUTO STATE hass default

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