Remote syslog broken after update/reboot? - Changing it away, then back fixes.

stormi

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stormi

@MajorP93 Thanks. That clarifies what happened. I wrongly thought that it was managed in /etc/rsyslog.conf (which never gets overwritten), but it's in /etc/rsyslog.d/xenserver.conf, which can get overwritten if modified by an update.

stormi

The fix was already high in the priority list anyway, but I'll try to make sure we don't postpone it more. Had I realized sooner, I would have made it so we'd release it earlier.

According to the package definitions, we even overwrite it each time we update the xcp-ng-release-config package. I'm surprised that we haven't had more support requests.

I'll see if we can release a quick fix that just leaves the file alone until we apply the change that will move the remote configuration to its own file.

olivierlambert

There's a similar magic we've seen countless time with XO: you have a bug that nobody reports for years and suddenly it pops from various sources (or with many details so it's easy to spot), you think it's recently introduced, you check your diff and then after hours you realize it's there since a while

MajorP93

@stormi Thanks, that sounds great!
If there is something I can test / provide please let me know!

rzr

@MajorP93

Fix has been merged, expect a package in your updates soon.

Meanwhile check this notice about upcoming changes regarding remote syslog.

https://github.com/xcp-ng-rpms/xcp-ng-release/pull/41#issuecomment-3800419449

rzr opened this pull request in xcp-ng-rpms/xcp-ng-release

closed Preserve /etc/rsyslog.d/xenserver.conf if present #41

michmoor0725

This community is amazing Great job all around!

MajorP93

@rzr Thank you very much!

@michmoor0725 Absolutely! The community is another aspect of why working with XCP-ng is a lot more fun compared to working with VMWare!

gduperrey

The update should now be available. You can view the announcement here: https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2026/01/29/january-2026-security-and-maintenance-updates-for-xcp-ng-8-3-lts/

So don’t hesitate to update it and confirm that it properly addresses the issue.

MajorP93

@gduperrey Thanks!
Will test tomorrow as our internal lab / test environment is currently unavailable.
I will inform you about the results of my testing here.

Best regards