Overview

Write a bit about the logging challenge.

What is Rsyslog?

Rsyslog is a rocket-fast system for log processing. It offers high-performance, great security features and a modular design. While it started as a regular syslogd, rsyslog has evolved into a kind of swiss army knife of logging, being able to

  • accept inputs from a wide variety of sources,
  • transform them,
  • and output the results to diverse destinations.

Rsyslog has a strong enterprise focus but also scales down to small systems.

Message flow in rsyslog

From where to where and when… describes the flow.

Input

Message Transformation

Output

Output format: Templates

See also

If you would like to contribute to these docs, but are unsure where to start, please see the rsyslog-doc project README for an overview of the process. If you would like to contribute to the main source project, please review the contribution guidelines listed in the rsyslog project README.

If you have a question about these docs or Rsyslog in general, please see the following resources: