Bug 1724218

Summary: imrelp does not work if configured with old syntax
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Dalibor Pospíšil <dapospis>
Component: rsyslogAssignee: Jiří Vymazal <jvymazal>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Marek Tamaskovic <mtamasko>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 8.0CC: brandfbb, dapospis, jvymazal, mtamasko, omosnace, rmeggins
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: 8.0   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: rsyslog-8.37.0-12.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-11-05 20:56:05 UTC Type: Bug
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Description Dalibor Pospíšil 2019-06-26 13:31:10 UTC 
since rsyslog-8.37.0-9.el8

# cat /etc/rsyslog.conf 
$ModLoad imrelp
$InputRELPServerRun 5555
*.* /var/log/messages

# /sbin/rsyslogd -n -d
...
5764.517131315:main thread    : errmsg.c: Called LogMsg, msg: imrelp: no RELP listener defined, module can not run.
rsyslogd: imrelp: no RELP listener defined, module can not run. [v8.37.0-9.el8 try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2172 ]
5764.517141928:main thread    : errmsg.c: Called LogMsg, msg: activation of module imrelp failed
rsyslogd: activation of module imrelp failed [v8.37.0-9.el8 try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/-3 ]
...


There's a workaround to use new syntax.
Comment 34 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 20:56:05 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:3371