Cluster logging_daemon settings from /etc/cluster/cluster.conf are not being applied in RHEL 6

Solution Unverified - Updated

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 with the High Availability Add On
  • One or more <logging_daemon> entries in /etc/cluster/cluster.conf
  • cman releases prior to 3.0.12.1-59.el6_5.1 in RHEL 6 Update 5, or prior to 3.0.12.1-68.el6 in other releases.

Issue

  • When I configure settings in a <logging_daemon> entry in /etc/cluster/cluster.conf, the settings don't get applied
  • I tried to change the syslog_priority or logfile_priority for rgmanager via a logging_daemon, but it still logged at the old priority. 
<logging>
   <logging_daemon name="rgmanager" syslog_priority="notice" logfile_priority="notice"/>
</logging>
  • Why are things logged into /var/log/cluster while in the /etc/cluster/cluster.conf logging_daemon entry I have a different directory?
    <logging logfile_priority="debug" syslog_facility="daemon" syslog_priority="info" to_logfile="yes" to_syslog="yes">
        <logging_daemon logfile="/var/log/mysql/qdiskd.log" name="qdiskd"/>
        <logging_daemon logfile="/var/log/mysql/fenced.log" name="fenced"/>
        <logging_daemon logfile="/var/log/mysql/rgmanager.log" name="rgmanager"/>
        <logging_daemon logfile="/var/log/mysql/corosync.log" name="corosync"/>
    </logging>

Resolution

<logging syslog_priority="notice" logfile_priority="notice"/>

Note: This will change the relevant attributes for all logging daemons. There is currently no way to make changes to the individual daemons independently.

Root Cause

This issue is being tracked by Red Hat Engineering via Bugzilla #980575.

An issue exists in the cluster package that causes it to query the configuration system for an invalid attribute when searching for the logging_daemon settings. The individual daemons call this function to determine what settings they should use for logging, and the bug causes the configured values to be ignored.

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