# if you experience problems, check # http://www.rsyslog.com/troubleshoot for assistance # rsyslog v3: load input modules # If you do not load inputs, nothing happens! # You may need to set the module load path if modules are not found. $ModLoad immark.so # provides --MARK-- message capability $ModLoad imuxsock.so # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger command) $ModLoad imklog.so # kernel logging (formerly provided by rklogd) # Log all kernel messages to the console. # Logging much else clutters up the screen. #kern.* /dev/console # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authentication messages! *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none -/var/log/messages # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # Log cron stuff cron.* -/var/log/cron # Everybody gets emergency messages *.emerg * # Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file. uucp,news.crit -/var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.* /var/log/boot.log # Remote Logging (we use TCP for reliable delivery) # An on-disk queue is created for this action. If the remote host is # down, messages are spooled to disk and sent when it is up again. #$WorkDirectory /rsyslog/spool # where to place spool files #$ActionQueueFileName uniqName # unique name prefix for spool files #$ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace 1g # 1gb space limit (use as much as possible) #$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save messages to disk on shutdown #$ActionQueueType LinkedList # run asynchronously #$ActionResumeRetryCount -1 # infinite retries if host is down # remote host is: name/ip:port, e.g. 192.168.0.1:514, port optional #*.* @@remote-host # ######### Receiving Messages from Remote Hosts ########## # TCP Syslog Server: # provides TCP syslog reception and GSS-API (if compiled to support it) #$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