Try to understand the crowdsec log
The log says
level=info msg="Adding file /var/log/auth.log to datasources" type=file
One second later it says
level=warning msg="/var/log/auth.log is a directory, ignoring it." type=file
How do I have to interpret that
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most likely you added mounts to this file, but it doesnt exist on the host so docker creates a directory by default.
thanks, will check
if you are debian 12 note that they remove rsyslog by default, so this is why this file doesnt exist by default now
I am on ubuntu 24.04. Within in docker-compose.yml the logs are mounted volumes:
- ./config/crowdsec:/etc/crowdsec
- ./config/crowdsec/db:/var/lib/crowdsec/data
- ./config/crowdsec_logs/auth.log:/var/log/auth.log:ro
- ./config/crowdsec_logs/syslog:/var/log/syslog:ro
- ./config/crowdsec_logs:/var/log
so on the host if you run
ls -la /var/log/auth.log it most likely a directory cause docker created it, so does your ubuntu have rsyslog? systemctl status rsyslogYes it has rsyslog
With ls -la /var/log/auth.log I get
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 2187220 Jun 17 09:27 /var/log/auth.log
oooh I just saw
so the left is host file
Yes
yeah but your host has it on
/var/log/auth.log
not within ./config
so it should be
ok, i will check why I mounted it that way. auth.log is within ./config/crowdsec_logs. I followed an installation guide, which will crowdsec install with pangolin and the middleware-manager for traefik. I did understand a lot, but, as i see now, not everything. https://forum.hhf.technology/latest
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I hope I got it
My installation uses the crowdsec service within config.yaml
crowdsec_service:
acquisition_path: /etc/crowdsec/acquis.yaml
Within acquis.yaml
filenames:
- /var/log/auth.log
- /var/log/syslog
I get the logs to ./config/crowdsec_logs
Is this correct can I ignore the error message