mailcow-dockerized-docs/docs/firststeps-syslog.md

!!! warning
    You will lose the integrated fail2ban functionality when using a logging driver other than json (default).

!!! warning
    In newer versions of mailcow: dockerized we decided to set a max. log size. You need to remove all "logging: xy" lines and options from docker-compose.yml to be able to start the stack.

    Example:
    ````
    logging:
      options:
        max-size: "5m"
    ```

    !!! info
    If you prefere the udp protocol use:

    ```
    $ModLoad imudp
    $UDPServerRun 524
    ```

    at `rsyslog.conf` and `"syslog-address": "udp://127.0.0.1:524"` at `daemon.json`.


Enable Rsyslog to receive logs on 524/tcp at `rsyslog.conf`:

```
# This setting depends on your Rsyslog version and configuration format.
# For most Debian derivates it will work like this...
$ModLoad imtcp
$TCPServerAddress 127.0.0.1
$InputTCPServerRun 524

# ...while for Ubuntu 16.04 it looks like this:
module(load="imtcp")
input(type="imtcp" address="127.0.0.1" port="524")

# No matter your Rsyslog version, you should set this option to off
# if you plan to use Fail2ban
$RepeatedMsgReduction off
```

Restart rsyslog after enabling the TCP listener.

Now setup Docker daemon to start with the syslog driver.
This enables the syslog driver for all containers!

Linux users can add or change the configuration in `/etc/docker/daemon.json`. Windows users please have a look at the [docker documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/dockerd//#windows-configuration-file) :
```
{
...
    "log-driver": "syslog",
    "log-opts": {
        "syslog-address": "tcp://127.0.0.1:524"
    }
...
}

```

Restart the Docker daemon and run `docker-compose down && docker-compose up -d` to recreate the containers.

### Fail2ban with Docker syslog logging driver

**This only applies to syslog-enabled Docker environments.**

Open `/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/common.conf` and search for the prefix_line parameter, change it to ".*":

```
__prefix_line = .*
```

Create `/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/dovecot.conf`...
```
[dovecot]
enabled = true
filter  = dovecot
logpath = /var/log/syslog
chain = FORWARD
```

and `jail.d/postfix-sasl.conf`:
```
[postfix-sasl]
enabled = true
filter  = postfix-sasl
logpath = /var/log/syslog
chain = FORWARD
```

Restart Fail2ban.