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Contents

• Introducing rsyslog
• Who's logging? Syslog and beyond.
  • Potential Log Inputs
  • Syslog Basics
    • A bit of History
    • On-the-Wire vs. Observed Format
    • Message Parsing and Properties
    • How to handle Malformed Messages
  • Integrating Non-Syslog Inputs in a Logging System
    • Windows as a Client
    • A wealth of Information: File Data
    • More exotic Inputs
  
  
• Advanced Topics
  • Creating Queues to Buffer Messages for Unavailable Actions
  • TLS-Securing Message Transmission
  
  
• Rsyslog Tools
  • Traffic Generator
    • Usage Examples
  
  
• rsyslog.conf Reference
  • Syntax in General
  • Objects
    • Actions
    • Queues
  • Plug-in-Specific Parameters
    • omfile
    • omfwd
    • omusrmg