Where do I download the syslog-ng open source installation file (Linux Ubuntu 20.x) from?

[danielbb]

I'm in the process of creating a small Splunk installation and I would like to know from where I would download the syslog-ng Linux Ubuntu installation for version 20.x.

[isoutamo]

One option is use SC4S https://splunk.github.io/splunk-connect-for-syslog/main/

[gcusello]

Hi @danielbb ,

is it mandatory to use syslog-ng?

you should already have rsyslog in your system, that's the evolution of syslog-ng and almost the same.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

[danielbb]

That's gorgeous @gcusello, I see the process running -

syslog       930       1  0 Jan03 ?        00:00:01 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n -iNONE

Thank you very much!

Where is the default configuration/data mount point?

[gcusello]

Hi @danielbb ,

as you can read at https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/index.html the default configuration is at

/etc/rsyslog.conf but usually the conf files are in a subfolder defined in the above file at the folder /etc/rsyslog.d.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

[richgalloway]

https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/installing-the-latest-syslog-ng-on-ubuntu-and-other...