4.2.2 Configure syslog-ng
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Description
The syslog-ng
software is recommended as a replacement for the syslogd
daemon and provides improvements over syslogd
, such as connection-oriented (i.e. TCP) transmission of logs, the option to log to database formats, and the encryption of log data en route to a central logging server.
Note
This section only applies if syslog-ng
is installed on the system.