# rsyslog v5: 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) # default permissions for all log files. $FileOwner root $FileGroup adm $FileCreateMode 0640 $DirCreateMode 0755 $Umask 0022 # Include configuration files from directory $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/* # Check config syntax on startup and abort if unclean (default off) #$AbortOnUncleanConfig on # Reduce repeating messages (default off) #$RepeatedMsgReduction on # Log all kernel messages to the console. # Logging much else clutters up the screen. #kern.* /dev/console # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authentication messages! *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none -/var/log/messages # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/mail.log # Log cron stuff cron.* -/var/log/cron # Everybody gets emergency messages #*.emerg * # Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file. uucp,news.crit -/var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.* /var/log/boot.log # More configuration examples: # # Remote Logging (we use TCP for reliable delivery) # An on-disk queue is created for this action. If the remote host is # down, messages are spooled to disk and sent when it is up again. #$WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog # 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 #$ActionResumeRetryCount -1 # infinety retries if host is down #$ActionResumeInterval 30 # retry interval # remote host is: name/ip:port, e.g. 192.168.0.1:514, port optional #*.* @@remote-host # Remote Logging with TCP + SSL/TLS #$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls #$DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile /etc/ssl/rsyslog/rsyslog_ca.cert.pem #$DefaultNetstreamDriverCertFile /etc/ssl/rsyslog/rsyslog_CLIENT.cert.pem #$DefaultNetstreamDriverKeyFile /etc/ssl/rsyslog/rsyslog_CLIENT.key.pem #$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name # enable peer authentication #$ActionSendStreamDriverPermittedPeer foo # authorize to send encrypted data to server foo #$ActionSendStreamDriverMode 1 # run driver in TLS-only mode # ######### Receiving Messages from Remote Hosts ########## # TCP Syslog Server: #$ModLoad imtcp # provides TCP syslog reception #$TCPServerRun 10514 # start a TCP syslog server at port 10514 # TCP + SSL/TLS Syslog Server: #$ModLoad imtcp # provides TCP syslog reception #$DefaultNetstreamDriver gtls # use gnuTLS for data encryption #$DefaultNetstreamDriverCAFile /etc/ssl/rsyslog/rsyslog_ca.cert.pem #$DefaultNetstreamDriverCertFile /etc/ssl/rsyslog/rsyslog_SERVER.cert.pem #$DefaultNetstreamDriverKeyFile /etc/ssl/rsyslog/rsyslog_SERVER.key.pem #$InputTCPServerStreamDriverMode 1 # run driver in TLS-only mode #$InputTCPServerStreamDriverAuthMode x509/name # enable peer authentication #$InputTCPServerStreamDriverPermittedPeer bar # authorize client named bar (one line per client) #$TCPServerRun 10514 # start a TCP syslog server at port 10514 # UDP Syslog Server: $ModLoad imudp.so # provides UDP syslog reception $UDPServerRun 514 # start a UDP syslog server at standard port 514