| Creating a Syslog-NG client | ||
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 | On the Syslog-NG log server |  |
| Creating a Syslog-NG client | ||
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| | On the Syslog-NG log server | |
Install the software: apt-get install syslog-ng
Modify /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:
Declare the name of the syslog server:
destination syslog_server { udp(log.server.my.com); };
Make the system log to the syslog server:
log { source(src); destination(syslog_server); }; 
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Make sure to put this at the top of the list of “log” statements, before any statements that carry “final” flags. |
Restart the daemon: /etc/init.d/syslog-ng restart
If you have a server running already, you can now test the configuration by logging on to the client and saying something like: echo "JohnDoe testing Syslog-NG" | logger
You should see the message turn up in the log files of the server.