This document is a WORK IN PROGRESS.
This is just a quick personal cheat sheet: treat its contents with caution!

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syslog-ng

syslog-ng is an enhanced log monitor, supporting a wide range of input and output methods: syslog, unstructured text, message queues, databases (SQL and NoSQL alike), and more.

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Reference(s)

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslog-ng
• https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Syslog-ng
• https://www.syslog-ng.com/products/open-source-log-management/
• https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng
• https://www.syslog-ng.com/technical-documents/list/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.26

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Table of contents

• Install
• Config
• Use
  • Optional: logrotate

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Install

Install syslog-ng:

emergepacmanaptyumdnf

$ emerge -a app-admin/syslog-ng

# pacman -S syslog-ng

# apt install syslog-ng

# yum install syslog-ng

# dnf install syslog-ng

Then add it to your init system and start it:

OpenRCRunitSysVinitSystemD

# /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start
# rc-update add syslog-ng default

# ln -s /etc/runit/sv/syslog-ng /run/runit/service
# sv start syslog-ng

# service syslog-ng start
# chkconfig syslog-ng on

# systemctl start syslog-ng
# systemctl enable syslog-ng

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Config

Default config should be fine.

TODO

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Use

TODO

Optional: logrotate

TODO

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