Installing rsyslog from yum repository

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Installing rsyslog server in CentOS

Configure rsyslog server

To install rsyslog use following steps:

  1. yum -y install rsyslog
  2. Disable SELinux
  3. Enable incoming UDP port 514 packets
  4. Edit '/etc/rsyslog.conf' file as follows:
    1. Append following lines
      $template TmplAuth, "/var/log/%HOSTNAME%/%PROGRAMNAME%.log"
      authpriv.* ?TmplAuth
      *.info,mail.none,authpriv.none,cron.none ?TmplMsg
    2. Uncomment following lines:
      $ModLoad imudp
      $UDPServerRun 514
  5. service rsyslog start
  6. chkconfig rsyslog on


Configure rsyslog client

After configuring rsyslog server, configure remote machines to send logs to rsyslog server using:

  1. Install rsyslog same as in case of server
  2. Edit '/etc/rsyslog.conf' file and append following configuration:
    *.* @<server>:<port>
  3. service rsyslog start
  4. chkconfig rsyslog on


Steps learned from http://tecadmin.net/setup-centralized-logging-server-using-rsyslogd/ and contributed by Kiran Kollipara <yambe:breadcrumb self="Installing from source">Rsyslog configuration</yambe:breadcrumb>