From 58d52a638e453ec4650b01fb5590aeed7416afe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Gerhards Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:51:56 +0200 Subject: added index.html as an entry point to the manual thanks to Michael Biebl for suggesting it --- doc/Makefile.am | 1 + doc/index.html | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/index.html diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am index 518b90ed..948cb719 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ html_files = \ + index.html \ bugs.html \ debug.html \ features.html \ diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..349c8e57 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ + +Welcome to rsyslog + +

Welcome to rsyslog

Rsyslog +is an enhanced syslogd suitable both for small systems as +well as large enterprises. +

This page provide a few quick pointers which hopefully make your +experience with rsyslog a pleasant one. These are +

Most importantly, the rsyslog manual - this points to locally +installed documentation which exactly matches the version you have installed. +It is highly suggested to at least briefly look over these files. +
The rsyslog web site which offers +probably every information you'll ever need (ok, just kidding...). +
The project status page provides +information on current releases +
and the troubleshooting guide hopefully helps if +things do not immediately work out +

In general, rsyslog supports plain old syslog.conf format, except that the +config file is now called rsyslog.conf. This should help you get started +quickly. +To do the really cool things, though, +you need to learn a bit about its new features. +The man pages offer a bare minimum of information (and are still quite long). Read the +html documentation instead. +When you change the configuration, +remember to restart (or HUP) rsyslogd, because otherwise it won't use your +new settings (and you'll end up totally puzzled why this great config of yours +does not even work a bit...;)) + -- cgit