LOGIN_FAILURES to post to syslog

In Vertica 7.1.2 I can see that we can record events to syslog .. however this doesn't include login failures. I can see the table LOGIN_FAILURES but is there a way to record these login failures to the syslog please?

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  • Hi!

     

    https://my.vertica.com/docs/7.1.x/HTML/Content/Authoring/AdministratorsGuide/Monitoring/Vertica/ConfiguringReportingForSyslog.htm

     

    Supported events:

     

    • Low Disk Space
    • Read Only File System
    • Loss Of K Safety
    • Current Fault Tolerance at Critical Level
    • Too Many ROS Containers
    • WOS Over Flow
    • Node State Change
    • Recovery Failure
    • Recovery Error
    • Recovery Lock Error
    • Recovery Projection Retrieval Error
    • Refresh Error
    • Refresh Lock Error
    • Tuple Mover Error
    • Timer Service Task Error
    • Stale Checkpoint
  • Yep .. found that .. shame it doesn't do login failures ..

    The Data Collector does collect login failure information but it puts this information into a log file that is time stamped - believe it is /<catalog Mount>/<DBName>/<NodeName>/DataCollector ... log file is called <component>_<timestamp>.log

    LoginFailures_497354796314479.log

     

    http://my.vertica.com/docs/7.1.x/HTML/index.htm#Authoring/SQLReferenceManual/SystemTables/MONITOR/DATA_COLLECTOR.htm?Highlight=data collector

     

    This link shows that there should be a IN_VERTICA_LOG and IN_DB_LOG columns which you can switch on to log data collector data to vertica.log and db.log ... but when I query the table data_collector these 2 columns are missing.... anybody else see these columns in the data_collector table?

  • Hi!

     

    dbadmin=> select version();
    -[ RECORD 1 ]-------------------------------
    version | Vertica Analytic Database v7.1.1-3

    dbadmin=> SELECT * FROM data_collector where table_name ilike '%login%';
    -[ RECORD 1 ]----------+------------------------------
    node_name              | v_metanetworks_node0001
    component              | LoginFailures
    table_name             | dc_login_failures
    description            | Failed login attempts
    access_restricted      | t
    in_db_log              | f
    in_vertica_log         | f
    memory_buffer_size_kb  | 200
    disk_size_kb           | 5000
    set_interval           | f
    interval_time_s        | 0
    record_too_big_errors  | 0
    lost_buffers           | 0
    lost_records           | 0
    retired_files          | 0
    retired_records        | 0
    current_memory_records | 0
    current_disk_records   | 71
    current_memory_bytes   | 0
    current_disk_bytes     | 21603
    first_time             | 2015-01-11 08:28:54.275311-05
    last_time              | 2016-02-11 08:05:44.851191-05
    kb_per_day             | 0.0532371522598615

     

     

  • Hi!

     

    >> ..shame..

    A lot of features are missing. If you are Enterprise customer you can open a feature request.

     

    PS

    You can define observer on dc_login_failures file in DataCollector dir and when it modified write to syslog

     

    [dbadmin@host DataCollector]$ ls -1 | grep  Login
    COPY_LoginFailures_TABLE.sql
    CREATE_LoginFailures_TABLE.sql
    LoginFailures_474298134275414.log
    [dbadmin@host DataCollector]$

     

  • In the version we are running 7.1.2-11 those two rows do not exist.

     

    dbadmin=> select version();
    -[ RECORD 1 ]--------------------------------
    version | Vertica Analytic Database v7.1.2-11

    dbadmin=> SELECT * FROM data_collector where table_name ilike '%login%';
    -[ RECORD 1 ]----------+-----------------------
    node_name              | v_tsys_ai_cdm_node0001
    component              | LoginFailures
    table_name             | dc_login_failures
    description            | Failed login attempts
    access_restricted      | t
    memory_buffer_size_kb  | 200
    disk_size_kb           | 5000
    interval_set           | f
    interval_time          | 0
    record_too_big_errors  | 0
    lost_buffers           | 0
    lost_records           | 0
    retired_files          | 0
    retired_records        | 0
    current_memory_records | 0
    current_disk_records   | 0
    current_memory_bytes   | 0
    current_disk_bytes     | 0
    first_time             |
    last_time              |
    kb_per_day             |
    -[ RECORD 2 ]----------+-----------------------
    node_name              | v_tsys_ai_cdm_node0003
    component              | LoginFailures
    table_name             | dc_login_failures
    description            | Failed login attempts
    access_restricted      | t
    memory_buffer_size_kb  | 200
    disk_size_kb           | 5000
    interval_set           | f
    interval_time          | 0
    record_too_big_errors  | 0
    lost_buffers           | 0
    lost_records           | 0
    retired_files          | 0
    retired_records        | 0
    current_memory_records | 0
    current_disk_records   | 0
    current_memory_bytes   | 0
    current_disk_bytes     | 0
    first_time             |
    last_time              |
    kb_per_day             |

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