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RSyslog - Features

This page lists both current features as well as those being considered for future versions of rsyslog. If you think a feature is missing, drop Rainer a note. Rsyslog is a vital project. Features are added each few days. If you would like to keep up of what is going on, you can also subscribe to the rsyslog mailing list.

A better structured feature list is now contained in our rsyslog vs. syslog-ng comparison. Probably that page will replace this one in the future.

Current Features

World's first

Rsyslog has an interesting number of "world's firsts" - things that were implemented for the first time ever in rsyslog. Some of them are still features not available elsewhere.

Upcoming Features

The list below is something like a repository of ideas we'd like to implement. Features on this list are typically NOT scheduled for immediate inclusion. We maintain a feature request tracker at our bugzilla. This tracker has things typically within reach of implementation. Users are encouraged to submit feature requests there (or via our forums). If we like them but they look quite long-lived (aka "not soon to be implemented"), they will possibly be migrated to this list here and at some time moved back to the bugzilla tracker.

To see when each feature was added, see the rsyslog change log (online only).

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Copyright © 2008 by Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon. Released under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.