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UDP Syslog Input Module

Module Name:    imudp

Author: Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>

Multi-Ruleset Support: since 5.3.2

Description:

Provides the ability to receive syslog messages via UDP.

Multiple receivers may be configured by specifying multiple input actions.

Configuration Directives:

Global Directives:

Action Directives:

Caveats/Known Bugs:

Sample:

This sets up an UPD server on port 514:

Legacy Configuration Directives:

Multiple receivers may be configured by specifying $UDPServerRun multiple times.

Caveats/Known Bugs:

Sample:

This sets up an UPD server on port 514:

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This documentation is part of the rsyslog project.
Copyright © 2009 by Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon. Released under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.