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Introduction

<li style="margin-left:20px;"> <h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/node/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: On the Use of English">On the Use of English</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> <h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/what-this-book-is-about/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: What this book is about">What this book is about</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> <h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/assumed-standard-rsyslog-conf/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Assumed Standard rsyslog.conf">Assumed Standard rsyslog.conf</a></h4>

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.

  • <li style="margin-left:20px;"> <h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/newbie-guide-to-rsyslog/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Newbie guide to rsyslog">Newbie guide to rsyslog</a></h4>

  • <li style="margin-left:20px;"> <h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/installing-rsyslog-from-rpm/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Installing rsyslog from RPM">Installing rsyslog from RPM</a></h4>

  • <li style="margin-left:20px;"> <h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/sende-messages-with-tags-larger-than-32-characters/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Sending messages with tags larger than 32 characters">Sending messages with tags larger than 32 characters</a></h4>

  • <li style="margin-left:20px;"> <h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/using-the-syslog-receiver-module/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Using the syslog receiver module">Using the syslog receiver module</a></h4>

  • <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/using-the-text-file-input-module/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Using the Text File Input Module">Using the Text File Input Module</a></h4>

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.

<li style="margin-left:20px;"> <h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/tls-secured-syslog-via-relp/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: TLS secured syslog via RELP">TLS secured syslog via RELP</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/actions-with-directives/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Action’s with directives">Action’s with directives</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/writing-specific-messages-to-a-file-and-discarding-them/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Writing specific messages to a file and discarding them">Writing specific messages to a file and discarding them</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/sending-messages-to-a-remote-syslog-server/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Sending Messages to a Remote Syslog Server">Sending Messages to a Remote Syslog Server</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/receiving-messages-from-a-remote-system/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Receiving Messages from a Remote System">Receiving Messages from a Remote System</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/using-a-different-log-format-for-all-files/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Using a different log Format for all Files">Using a different log Format for all Files</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/discarding-unwanted-messages/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Discarding unwanted messages">Discarding unwanted messages</a></h4> </li>

<br><h2>More complex scenarios</h2> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/using-tls-with-relp/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Using TLS with RELP">Using TLS with RELP</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/log-normalization-for-different-formats/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Log normalization for different formats">Log normalization for different formats</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/using-mongodb-with-rsyslog-and-loganalyzer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Using MongoDB with rsyslog and LogAnalyzer">Using MongoDB with rsyslog and LogAnalyzer</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/normalizing-cisco-asa-messages/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Normalizing Cisco ASA messages">Normalizing Cisco ASA messages</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/receiving-cee-enhanced-syslog-in-rsyslog/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Receiving CEE enhanced syslog in rsyslog">Receiving CEE enhanced syslog in rsyslog</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/storing-and-forwarding-remote-messages/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Storing and forwarding remote messages">Storing and forwarding remote messages</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/how-to-write-to-a-local-socket/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How to write to a local socket?">How to write to a local socket?</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/storing-messages-from-a-remote-system-into-a-specific-file/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Storing Messages from a Remote System into a specific File">Storing Messages from a Remote System into a specific File</a></h4> <li style="margin-left:20px;"><h4><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/integration-with-standard-syslogd/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Integration with “standard” syslogd">Integration with “standard” syslogd</a></h4> </li>

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