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authorMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2008-04-05 19:13:49 +0200
committerMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2008-04-05 19:13:49 +0200
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<html><head>
-<title>SSL Encrypting syslog with stunnel</title>
+<title>A guide on HOWTO install rsyslog</title>
<meta name="KEYWORDS" content="syslog encryption, rsyslog, stunnel, secure syslog, tcp, reliable, howto, ssl">
</head>
<body>
@@ -53,7 +53,18 @@ the rsyslogd and the man pages to the relevant directories.</p>
<p>In this step, you tell rsyslogd what to do with received messages. If you are
upgrading from stock syslogd, /etc/syslog.conf is probably a good starting
point. Rsyslogd understands stock syslogd syntax, so you can simply copy over
-/etc/syslog.conf to /etc/rsyslog.conf. Then, edit rsyslog.conf for any
+/etc/syslog.conf to /etc/rsyslog.conf. Note since version 3 rsyslog requires
+to load plug-in modules to perform useful work (more about
+<a href="v3compatibility.html">compatibilty notes v3</a>). To load the most common plug-ins,
+add the following to the top of rsyslog.conf:</p>
+<p>
+$ModLoad immark.so # provides --MARK-- message capability <br />
+$ModLoad imudp.so # provides UDP syslog reception <br />
+$ModLoad imtcp.so # provides TCP syslog reception and GSS-API (if compiled to support it) <br />
+$ModLoad imuxsock.so # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger command) <br />
+$ModLoad imklog.so # provides kernel logging support (previously done by rklogd) <br />
+</p>
+Change rsyslog.conf for any further
enhancements you would like to see. For example, you can add database writing as
outlined in the paper &quot;<a href="rsyslog_mysql.html">Writing syslog Data to MySQL</a>&quot;
(remember you need to enable MySQL support during step 2 if you want to do