rsyslog is widely used as the default logging daemon on Linux systems and scales from embedded environments to large enterprise deployments. Its modular design enables you to …

rsyslog helps you collect, transform, and route event data reliably at scale. Built for speed, flexibility, and control in modern Linux and container environments.

This section is the reference manual for configuring rsyslog. It covers all major configuration concepts, modules, and directives needed to build robust logging infrastructures — from …

Support: rsyslog Assistant | GitHub Discussions | GitHub Issues: rsyslog source project Contributing: Source & docs: rsyslog source project © 2008–2025 Rainer Gerhards and …

Support: rsyslog Assistant | GitHub Discussions | GitHub Issues: rsyslog source project Contributing: Source & docs: rsyslog source project © 2008–2025 Rainer Gerhards and …

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.

Jul 3, 2008 · Rsyslog’s TLS authentication can be used very flexible and thus supports a wide range of security policies. This section tries to give some advise on a scenario that works well …

May 24, 2013 · In this part I’ll explain some basic configuration steps for rsyslog. We configure rsyslog to recive UDP messages, to filter them depending on the IP of the host and to store …

Every output in rsyslog, from files to Elasticsearch to remote syslog, relies on templates. If no explicit template is bound, rsyslog uses built-in defaults compatible with classic syslog.

Jun 27, 2008 · In this paper, I describe how to forward syslog messages (quite) reliable to a central rsyslog server. This depends on rsyslog being installed on the client system and it is …