rsyslog 5.8 imfile outside /var/log not picking up log files - redhat

Question

I would like to pick up logs of different types from various locations other than /var/log and send them to a central location.
Using RH 6.6 and rsyslog 5.8 the configuration works fine when using path within /var/log. If I use other path like /opt/appname/log/file.log. The rsyslog client does not pick up the log. I do not see any error or message when running rsyslogd in debug mode.
Example:
Client:
...
$InputFileName /opt/appname/test.log
$InputFileTag APPNAME1
$InputFileStateFile stat-APPNAME1
$InputFileSeverity info
$InputFilePersistStateInterval 200
$InputFileFacility local3 # alto tried with other local
$InputRunFileMonitor
...
Server:
...
$template HostAudit, "/opt/logs/%HOSTNAME%/test.log" # tried differnt path
$template auditFormat, "%msg%\n"
local3.* ?HostAudit;auditFormat
...
Any recommendations?, I appreciate your help!!!
Bill

Answer 1

I would first try these:
Verify that the state file names are unique
Verify that every $InputFileName points to an existing regular file
Remove some of the files that you want to be monitored from the configuration. It could be that there is a problem with only one of the monitored files. That would make rsyslog ignore the rest of the files.
I had this with "$InputFileStateFile tomcat-log" for each of the individual tomcat logs. Each of the state file name needs to be unique. For me it worked by changing it to instances of:
"$InputFileStateFile tomcat-manager"
"$InputFileStateFile tomcat-localhost"
etc...
Another option is to just add numbers to the end of the state file name.
"$InputFileStateFile tomcat-log1"
"$InputFileStateFile tomcat-log2"