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diff --git a/rsyslog.conf b/rsyslog.conf
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--- a/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/rsyslog.conf
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
# You may need to set the module load path if modules are not found.
$ModLoad immark.so # provides --MARK-- message capability
-$ModLoad imud.so # provides UDP syslog reception
-$ModLoad imtcp.so # provides TCP syslog reception and GSS-API (if compiled to support it)
$ModLoad imuxsock.so # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger command)
$ModLoad imklog.so # kernel logging (formerly provided by rklogd)
@@ -34,3 +32,27 @@ uucp,news.crit -/var/log/spooler
# Save boot messages also to boot.log
local7.* /var/log/boot.log
+
+# Remote Logging (we use TCP for reliable delivery)
+# An on-disk queue is created for this action. If the remote host is
+# down, messages are spooled to disk and sent when it is up again.
+#$WorkDirectory /rsyslog/spool # where to place spool files
+#$ActionQueueFileName uniqName # unique name prefix for spool files
+#$ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace 2g # 2gb space limit (use as much as possible)
+#$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save messages to disk on shutdown
+#$ActionQueueType LinkedList # run asynchronously
+#*.* @@remote-host # remote host is: name/ip:port
+
+
+# ######### Receiving Messages from Remote Hosts ##########
+# TCP Syslog Server:
+# provides TCP syslog reception and GSS-API (if compiled to support it)
+#$ModLoad imtcp.so # load module
+# Note: as of now, you need to use the -t command line option to
+# enable TCP reception (e.g. -t514 to run a server at port 514/tcp)
+# This will change in later v3 releases.
+
+# UDP Syslog Server:
+#$ModLoad imudp.so # provides UDP syslog reception
+#$UDPServerRun 514 # start a UDP syslog server at standard port 514
+