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Hi,

I have a system in which syslog-ng is installed. But due the features of rsyslog, I wished to have rsyslog server.

Now my doubt is can rsyslog collect logs from syslog-ng.

Will syslog-ng be able to send logs to rsyslog server?

Any help appreciated,
Prakash

• Custom written rsyslog.conf?
• Maintenance Contract?
• Installation support?

Yes, it will, but I do not know the syslog-ng syntax to do that. In general, just configure syslog-ng to forward the messages to a remote host (the one rsyslog is running on) and you are set.

Rainer

Hai ,
thanks for your reply Rainer. I will try this and let you know the syntax.

Regards,
Prakash

prakash.akumalla wrote:...and let you know the syntax.

I would *really* appreciated this That probably another good thing for the wiki http://wiki.rsyslog.com

Rainer

Hi,
Rsyslog can do this. I can receive logs form syslog-ng server.
The changes we have to make in syslog-ng configuration file is that we should add these lines.

destination d_mesg { udp("server's ip address" port (514)); };
destination d_auth { udp("server's ip address" port (514)); };

Here i want only info messages and secure messages. so i just kept for those two type messages.
You can add as many type of messages you can.

Regards,
Prakash.

Thanks, Prakash, this is useful I guess it works with TCP, too...

Hi,
You are correct Rainer. It will work with tcp too.

Regards,
Prakash.