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SubjectRe: Announce: cancd 0.2.0 netconsole capture server
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Jörn Engel <joern@logfs.org> writes:

> Quoting Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt:
> The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>',
> 'nc -l -u <port>' or syslogd.
>
> Now, both of these options have their issues. Netcat works fine, but
> only reasonably scales to 1. Having to use a seperate port for every
> test machine, as well as a seperate netcat process that writes to a
> proper file becomes a bit of a nightmare by the time you approach
> three digits of machines.
>
> Syslogd would be great, if netconsole actually spoke syslog protocol.
> As it is netconsole speaks a protocol I would describe as "7bit ascii,
> no nonsense". Syslog protocal is described in rfc5424, a 38-page
> document. I think it is fair to say the two are incompatibel. In
> case someone actually wants to see the full trainwreck, a quick search
> should come up with enough bug reports to scare your children into
> bed.
>
> Given that sad state of things, here is yet another alternative:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/joern/cancd.git

Hmm, the old netdump-server package that we used to ship in RHEL should
work too, I think, if you are interested in that approach. That was
designed specifically to receive netconsole messages and netdumps from
multiple servers. Google up netdump-server-0.7.16 and you should find
an srpm. If there's interest in keeping that alive, I can put it up in
some public repo.

Cheers,
Jeff
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