configure syslog prefix

[Mike Hoskins (michoski)]

-----Original Message-----

From: Shawn Bakhtiar <shashaness at hotmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 12:15 PM
To: "bind-users at isc.org" <bind-users at isc.org>
Subject: RE: configure syslog prefix

>hhhmmm....
>
>I have not run multiple binds on the same box, but according to the man
>pages for named.conf (assuming you have a different configuration file
>for each instance) setup each to report to a different logging facility
>ie:
>
>in named.conf:
>....
>
>logging {
>  channel default_syslog {
>    syslog local7;
>    severity info;
>  };
>
>...
>
>
>and in /etc/rsyslog.conf
>
># Save named messages firstnamedinstance.log
>local7.*          
>/var/log/firstnamedinstance.log
>
>(If you have logrotate installed)....You may also want to add a file in
>/etc/logrotate.d with the following info:
>
>/var/log/firstnamedinstance.log {
>    sharedscripts
>    postrotate
>        /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/rsyslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2>
>/dev/null || true
>    endscript
>}

Good call, and if you're running rsyslog go to rsyslog.conf/doc and read
about templates...  You can rewrite anything to your heart's content with
a little effort.