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5 | %general-entities; |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-rsyslog" xreflabel="rsyslog" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="rsyslog.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Rsyslog-&rsyslog-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-rsyslog"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-rsyslog">rsyslog</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The rsyslog package contains programs for logging system messages, |
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21 | such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para> |
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22 | |
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23 | </sect2> |
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24 | |
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25 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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26 | <title>Installation of Rsyslog</title> |
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27 | |
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28 | <para os="a">Prepare Rsyslog for compilation:</para> |
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29 | |
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30 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/sbin</userinput></screen> |
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31 | |
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32 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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33 | |
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34 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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35 | |
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36 | <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> |
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37 | |
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38 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
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39 | |
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40 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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41 | |
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42 | <para os="h">Create a directory for expansion snippets:</para> |
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43 | |
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44 | <screen os="i"><userinput>install -dv /etc/rsyslog.d</userinput></screen> |
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45 | |
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46 | </sect2> |
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47 | |
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48 | <sect2 id="conf-rsyslog" role="configuration"> |
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49 | <title>Configuring rsyslog</title> |
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50 | |
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51 | <indexterm zone="conf-rsyslog"> |
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52 | <primary sortas="a-rsyslog">rsyslog</primary> |
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53 | <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> |
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54 | |
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55 | <indexterm zone="conf-rsyslog"> |
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56 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/rsyslog.conf">/etc/rsyslog.conf</primary> |
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57 | </indexterm> |
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58 | |
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59 | <para>Create a new <filename>/etc/rsyslog.conf</filename> file by running |
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60 | the following:</para> |
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61 | |
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62 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/rsyslog.conf << "EOF" |
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63 | <literal># Begin /etc/rsyslog.conf |
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64 | |
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65 | # CLFS configuration of rsyslog. For more info use man rsyslog.conf |
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66 | |
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67 | ####################################################################### |
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68 | # Rsyslog Modules |
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69 | |
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70 | # Support for Local System Logging |
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71 | $ModLoad imuxsock.so |
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72 | |
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73 | # Support for Kernel Logging |
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74 | $ModLoad imklog.so |
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75 | |
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76 | ####################################################################### |
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77 | # Global Options |
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78 | |
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79 | # Use traditional timestamp format. |
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80 | $ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat |
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81 | |
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82 | # Set the default permissions for all log files. |
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83 | $FileOwner root |
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84 | $FileGroup root |
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85 | $FileCreateMode 0640 |
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86 | $DirCreateMode 0755 |
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87 | |
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88 | # Provides UDP reception |
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89 | $ModLoad imudp |
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90 | $UDPServerRun 514 |
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91 | |
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92 | # Disable Repating of Entries |
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93 | $RepeatedMsgReduction on |
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94 | |
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95 | ####################################################################### |
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96 | # Include Rsyslog Config Snippets |
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97 | |
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98 | $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf |
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99 | |
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100 | ####################################################################### |
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101 | # Standard Log Files |
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102 | |
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103 | auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log |
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104 | *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog |
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105 | daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log |
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106 | kern.* -/var/log/kern.log |
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107 | lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log |
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108 | mail.* -/var/log/mail.log |
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109 | user.* -/var/log/user.log |
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110 | |
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111 | # Catch All Logs |
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112 | *.=debug;\ |
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113 | auth,authpriv.none;\ |
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114 | news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug |
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115 | *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ |
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116 | auth,authpriv.none;\ |
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117 | cron,daemon.none;\ |
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118 | mail,news.none -/var/log/messages |
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119 | |
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120 | # Emergency are shown to everyone |
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121 | *.emerg * |
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122 | |
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123 | # End /etc/rsyslog.conf</literal> |
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124 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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125 | |
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126 | </sect2> |
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127 | |
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128 | <sect2 id="contents-rsyslog" role="content"> |
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129 | <title>Contents of rsyslog</title> |
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130 | |
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131 | <segmentedlist> |
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132 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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133 | |
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134 | <seglistitem> |
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135 | <seg>rsyslogd</seg> |
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136 | </seglistitem> |
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137 | </segmentedlist> |
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138 | |
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139 | <variablelist> |
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140 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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141 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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142 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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143 | |
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144 | <varlistentry id="rsyslogd"> |
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145 | <term><command>rsyslogd</command></term> |
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146 | <listitem> |
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147 | <para>Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging. |
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148 | Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, |
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149 | and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how |
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150 | trusting the logging daemon is told to be.</para> |
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151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-rsyslog rsyslogd"> |
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152 | <primary sortas="b-rsyslogd">syslogd</primary> |
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153 | </indexterm> |
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154 | </listitem> |
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155 | </varlistentry> |
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156 | |
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157 | </variablelist> |
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158 | |
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159 | </sect2> |
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160 | |
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161 | </sect1> |
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