Installing rsyslog¶

rsyslog is included by default in many Linux distributions. If it is not installed, you can add it with the following commands.

On Debian/Ubuntu¶

sudo apt update
sudo apt install rsyslog rsyslog-doc

sudo dnf install rsyslog rsyslog-doc

After installation, enable and start rsyslog:

sudo systemctl enable rsyslog
sudo systemctl start rsyslog

To verify your installation and configuration, run:

rsyslogd -N1

This checks the configuration syntax without starting the daemon.

Support: rsyslog Assistant | GitHub Discussions | GitHub Issues: rsyslog source project

Contributing: Source & docs: rsyslog source project