Werk #5509: cmk-update-agent: Prevent agent update from crashing while setting up syslog

Component Agent bakery
Title cmk-update-agent: Prevent agent update from crashing while setting up syslog
Date Aug 17, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.5.0p3 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

If syslog setup failed (on Linux), namely if /dev/log is not available, the agent updater would crash. This is now mitigated by catching errors while setting up logging to syslog. A failure will now result in a warning instead of a crash.

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