In this (~5 minutes) Video Rainer Gerhards describes the core elements of a modern syslogd (like rsyslog) and how they enable the capability to evolve logging without loosing backwards compatibility.
First Impression of Journald
We got a couple of questions on the planned new logging system that shall come with systemd. Rainer Gerhards, rsyslog’s development lead, has taken a quick look at journald and posted about his first impression. Have a look at his blog post journal and rsyslog if you are interested in how we think rsyslog is […]