source: BOOK/final-system/common/rsyslog.xml@ d87123b

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<sect1 id="ch-system-rsyslog" xreflabel="rsyslog" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="rsyslog.html"?>

  <title>Rsyslog-&rsyslog-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-rsyslog">
    <primary sortas="a-rsyslog">rsyslog</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The rsyslog package contains programs for logging system messages,
    such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Rsyslog</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare Rsyslog for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para os="h">Create a directory for expansion snippets:</para>

<screen os="i"><userinput>install -dv /etc/rsyslog.d</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="conf-rsyslog" role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring rsyslog</title>

    <indexterm zone="conf-rsyslog">
      <primary sortas="a-rsyslog">rsyslog</primary>
    <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>

    <indexterm zone="conf-rsyslog">
      <primary sortas="e-/etc/rsyslog.conf">/etc/rsyslog.conf</primary>
    </indexterm>

    <para>Create a new <filename>/etc/rsyslog.conf</filename> file by running
    the following:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/rsyslog.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/rsyslog.conf

# CLFS configuration of rsyslog. For more info use man rsyslog.conf

#######################################################################
# Rsyslog Modules

# Support for Local System Logging
$ModLoad imuxsock.so

# Support for Kernel Logging
$ModLoad imklog.so

#######################################################################
# Global Options

# Use traditional timestamp format.
$ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat

# Set the default permissions for all log files.
$FileOwner root
$FileGroup root
$FileCreateMode 0640
$DirCreateMode 0755

# Provides UDP reception
$ModLoad imudp
$UDPServerRun 514

# Disable Repeating of Entries
$RepeatedMsgReduction on

#######################################################################
# Include Rsyslog Config Snippets

$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf

#######################################################################
# Standard Log Files

auth,authpriv.*                 /var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none          -/var/log/syslog
daemon.*                        -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.*                          -/var/log/kern.log
lpr.*                           -/var/log/lpr.log
mail.*                          -/var/log/mail.log
user.*                          -/var/log/user.log

# Catch All Logs
*.=debug;\
        auth,authpriv.none;\
        news.none;mail.none     -/var/log/debug
*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
        auth,authpriv.none;\
        cron,daemon.none;\
        mail,news.none          -/var/log/messages

# Emergencies are shown to everyone
*.emerg                         *

# End /etc/rsyslog.conf</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-rsyslog" role="content">
    <title>Contents of rsyslog</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>rsyslogd</seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/rsyslog</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="rsyslogd">
        <term><command>rsyslogd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging.
          Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname,
          and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how
          trusting the logging daemon is told to be.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-rsyslog rsyslogd">
            <primary sortas="b-rsyslogd">rsyslogd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>