[LOG4NET-261] RemoteSyslogAppender doesn't work because of IPv6

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.10
• Component/s: Appenders
• Environment: Windows Seven x86_64; Visual Studio Team System unit test
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: usr-local-echelon
• Created: 06/Jul/10 21:29
• Updated: 06/Jun/13 08:52
• Resolved: 06/Jun/13 08:52

Description

I tried to make experiments with Log4net and Syslog appender for a research open source project I'm working.
Tried to send the log messages to a local UDP listener using RemoteSyslogAppender.

Logging code executed but on the debug console I got an exception:

log4net:ERROR [RemoteSyslogAppender] Unable to send logging event to remote syslog fe80::8038:6515:ad7a:bdb5%15 on port 3434.
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: Indirizzo utilizzato incompatibile con il protocollo richiesto [Address used is incompatible with required protocol]
in System.Net.Sockets.Socket.SendTo(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags, EndPoint remoteEP)
in System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient.Send(Byte[] dgram, Int32 bytes, IPEndPoint endPoint)
in log4net.Appender.RemoteSyslogAppender.Append(LoggingEvent loggingEvent)
ALL: 2010-07-06 23:24:11,364 [Agent: adapter run thread for test 'TestMethod' with id 'f3dfe8eb-635a-4683-8777-a029f3897071'] ERROR ALL [(null)] - Test error message

RemoteSyslogAppender is trying to send the message to an IPv6 address rather than 127.0.0.1
Precisely, if I configure <remoteAddress> as "localhost", it tries to send to ::1, if I use "127.0.0.1" it tries to send to an IPv6 link-local address (fe80:...)

Code can be found at https://logbus-ng.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/logbus-ng/trunk/logbus-core/Log4test/?pathrev=106 as a Visual Studio Unit Test.
It is revision 106 of https://logbus-ng.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/logbus-ng/trunk/logbus-core/Log4test/

I tried to look at RemoteSyslogAppender implementation. I couldn't find a possible root cause because I can see you correctly initialize the UdpClient with parameterless constructor (UdpAppender::InitializeConnection()).
The only way I could send datagrams was to use a FQDN as remoteAddress for which only A record is defined in the DNS.

I also found that the RemoteSyslog appender doesn't respect RFC3164 by default unless you configure it with an appropriate pattern. I will open a new issue about it.

Issue Links

• is superceded by: LOG4NET-112 Add support to the UdpAppender for IP v6 remote addresses