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Simplest method of writing syslog messages

ansif
Motivator

Simplest method of writing syslog messages?

What technology I have to use to receive syslog messages in UF server and write it into a file?

Free version which has almost all features required for Splunk like filtering ect.

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FrankVl
Ultra Champion

Usually rsyslog or syslog-ng are used for that. I guess most linux distributions ship with one of those 2 installed by default as the OS' syslog engine. You can simply add config to spin up one or more extra instances for your syslog data feeds.

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ansif
Motivator

Can we setup HA for rsyslog?

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FrankVl
Ultra Champion

Yes, you can set up multiple servers running rsyslog/syslog-ng and put a network load balancer in front of them. Or use tools like keepalived.

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