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Logging to a Remote Host with Syslog-ng

POSTED ON: September 14, 2011 POSTED BY Aaron Burnett

In previous syslog-ng articles we focused primarily on how to configure syslog-ng to log to a remote database server, such as PostgreSQL. However, perhaps not all wish to log to a database server for one reason or another. Fortunately, as an alternative method, syslog-ng also has the capability of logging to a remote host using TCP or UDP.
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Category: Events Monitoring, Server Management, Sysadmin Tools

How to Log to PostgreSQL with Syslog-ng

POSTED ON: September 8, 2011 POSTED BY Aaron Burnett

Sometimes, a basic understanding of how a program works just isn’t satisfying. While it is nice to understand how our logger operates, syslog-ng doesn’t start getting interesting until we start playing with some of the more advanced features it has to offer. So, let’s jump in.
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Category: Database Management, Database Monitoring, Events Monitoring, Linux Servers Monitoring, Sysadmin Tools

Apache and MySQL Logging with Syslog-ng

POSTED ON: September 5, 2011 POSTED BY Aaron Burnett

Apache and syslog-ng

While logging to a database back-end has its benefits, the setup as it stands leaves us wanting. Some applications, such as Apache, do not log via syslog-ng by default. The good news is that this can be easily remedied, and there are a couple of different ways of doing this. First, the less good way:
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Category: Database Management, Events Monitoring, Sysadmin Tools, Web Server Monitoring

How to Filter Logs with Syslog-ng

POSTED ON: August 31, 2011 POSTED BY Aaron Burnett

After the first article on syslog-ng, you should have a pretty good feel of how syslog-ng works. As you recall, the sources define what is logged, destinations determine where the logs go, and the log statements are what tells syslog-ng to create the log. However, much of the time we don’t want all of our system logs going to the same file. It can be quite useful to break up those logs in to multiple files, and to sort them by content. This is where filters come in.
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Category: Events Monitoring, Linux Servers Monitoring, Server Management, Sysadmin Tools, Web Server Monitoring

Getting Started with Syslog-ng

POSTED ON: August 28, 2011 POSTED BY Aaron Burnett

All system administrators need to keep a close eye on what is happening within their system, as well as deploy tools that assist in trouble shooting. One such vital tool that all system administrators rely on heavily is the system’s logging utility. Among the most advanced and most popular of these loggers is syslog-ng, which provides features to include message filtering based on level and content, remote logging, uses TCP for transport, can act as a logging server, is able to handle logs from syslogd, and comes with a flexible configuratio n. You can think syslog-ng as having the best features of syslogd and metalog, plus a nice advanced configuration.

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Category: Events Monitoring, Sysadmin Tools

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