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= Syslog to MySQL Database =
= Syslog =
== Server ==
To setup your server as a central syslog receiver, edit the <code>/etc/resyslog.conf</code>, and deleted the comment outs for the following
<pre># Provides UDP syslog reception
$ModLoad imudp
$UDPServerRun 514
 
# Provides TCP syslog reception
$ModLoad imtcp
$InputTCPServerRun 514</pre>
 
Add the following section so that received syslog messages get put into a folder for each host its received from...
$template PerHostLog,"/var/log/system-%HOSTNAME%.log"
*.* -?PerHostLog
 
Then restart the syslog service to apply...
service rsyslog restart
 
== To MySQL Database =
This procedure achieves three things...
This procedure achieves three things...
# Allows remote hosts to use the local server as a syslog destination
# Allows remote hosts to use the local server as a syslog destination

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