Category: Guides for rsyslog

Guides for rsyslog

Basic Configuration

This first section will describe some basic configuration. Here you will not find complete configurations, but snippets on how to use different modules correctly and some description on how they are working.
• Newbie guide to rsyslog
• Installing rsyslog from RPM
• Sending messages with tags larger than 32 characters
• Using the syslog receiver module
• Using the Text File Input Module

Some core configs

This section contains some basics. Things, that are used ever and ever again. It also contains some more in-depth description of what rsyslog does and why. It is recommended to at least briefly read through this part before going to more complex scenarios.
• TLS secured syslog via RELP
• Action’s with directives
• Writing specific messages to a file and discarding them
• Sending Messages to a Remote Syslog Server
• Receiving Messages from a Remote System
• Using a different log Format for all Files
• Discarding unwanted messages

More complex scenarios