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diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html index bee136ce..711552e6 100644 --- a/doc/install.html +++ b/doc/install.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <html><head> -<title>SSL Encrypting syslog with stunnel</title> +<title>A guide on HOWTO install rsyslog</title> <meta name="KEYWORDS" content="syslog encryption, rsyslog, stunnel, secure syslog, tcp, reliable, howto, ssl"> </head> <body> @@ -53,7 +53,18 @@ the rsyslogd and the man pages to the relevant directories.</p> <p>In this step, you tell rsyslogd what to do with received messages. If you are upgrading from stock syslogd, /etc/syslog.conf is probably a good starting point. Rsyslogd understands stock syslogd syntax, so you can simply copy over -/etc/syslog.conf to /etc/rsyslog.conf. Then, edit rsyslog.conf for any +/etc/syslog.conf to /etc/rsyslog.conf. Note since version 3 rsyslog requires +to load plug-in modules to perform useful work (more about +<a href="v3compatibility.html">compatibilty notes v3</a>). To load the most common plug-ins, +add the following to the top of rsyslog.conf:</p> +<p> +$ModLoad immark.so # provides --MARK-- message capability <br /> +$ModLoad imudp.so # provides UDP syslog reception <br /> +$ModLoad imtcp.so # provides TCP syslog reception and GSS-API (if compiled to support it) <br /> +$ModLoad imuxsock.so # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger command) <br /> +$ModLoad imklog.so # provides kernel logging support (previously done by rklogd) <br /> +</p> +Change rsyslog.conf for any further enhancements you would like to see. For example, you can add database writing as outlined in the paper "<a href="rsyslog_mysql.html">Writing syslog Data to MySQL</a>" (remember you need to enable MySQL support during step 2 if you want to do |