Configures and starts rsyslog service. Currently the log file schema is based on the debian default. The formula allows control if rsyslog should listen for tcp / udp connections. Further ikml logging (kernel) logging can be disabled, e.g. for lxc containers. It supports both a client only (sending all logs to another machine) and a server side (receiving logs from mulitple other machines).
It works on Redhat, Debian, FreeBSD, Suse and Arch OS families.
In situations where there's already a default logger installed (e.g. a FreeBSD jail), an option exists to declare that rsyslog is the exclusive system logger. This provides a facility to add other loggers to a stoplist which helps, for example, to ensure that port 514 UDP is free for rsylog to use.
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Contributions are welcome.
Install and configure the rsyslog package and enable the service. See the pillar.example file for configuration.
April 2015: the default rules were moved from rsyslog.conf to 50-default.conf. This file will be loaded if the rsyslog:custom pillar isnt set. However, if your rsyslog:custom specifies other files to include, you must add the 50-default.conf as well!