This article provides information about how the eventd
process is related to syslog activity.
Syslog activity is not happening even though eventd
is configured.
The eventd
process is essential for any syslog activity to happen. If this process is not running due to a software defect, or is disabled via configuration such as the following, syslog activity will not happen:
system {
processes {
event-processing disable;
}
}
Check whether the process is running by using the following command:
labroot@rtr> show system processes extensive | match eventd <<< Shows that the process is not running
To fix this problem and resume syslog activity, perform either of the following:
- If the process has been disabled through configuration as shown above, remove the specific configuration and check whether the process is running.
labroot@rtr> edit
Entering configuration mode
[edit]
labroot@rtr# delete system processes event-processing disable
[edit]
labroot@rtr# commit
commit complete
labroot@rtr> show system processes extensive | match eventd
52118 root 20 0 727M 13292K select 1 0:00 0.00% eventd <<< Shows that eventd is running
OR
-
If the process has not been disabled through configuration but is still not running due to a software defect, try to restart the process from the shell as a root
user:
- Log in to the shell as a
root
user from the Command Line Interface (CLI).
labroot@rtr> start shell user root
Password:
root@rtr:/var/home/labroot #
-
Execute the following command to start the eventd
process.
root@rtr:/var/home/labroot # /usr/sbin/eventd -N -r -s -A & <
[1] 53141
-
Check from the shell whether the eventd
process is running:
root@rtr:/var/home/labroot # ps -aux | grep eventd <<<
root 53141 0.0 0.0 744152 13260 0 S 15:15 0:00.05 /usr/sbin/eventd -N -r -s -A <<< Shows that the process is running
root 53147 0.0 0.0 16604 2260 0 S+ 15:17 0:00.00 grep eventd
root@rtr:/var/home/labroot # exit
labroot@rtr> show system processes extensive | match eventd <<< CLI shows eventd process is running now.
53141 root 20 0 727M 13260K select 1 0:00 0.00% eventd