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Linux for System Administrators

You're reading from   Linux for System Administrators Navigate the complex landscape of the Linux OS and command line for effective administration

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803247946
Length 294 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Linux Basics
2. Chapter 1: Getting to Know Linux FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The Shell and Its Commands 4. Chapter 3: The Linux Filesystem 5. Chapter 4: Processes and Process Control 6. Chapter 5: Hardware Discovery 7. Part 2: Configuring and Modifying Linux Systems
8. Chapter 6: Basic System Settings 9. Chapter 7: User and Group Management 10. Chapter 8: Software Installation and Package Repositories 11. Chapter 9: Network Configuration and Debugging 12. Chapter 10: Storage Management 13. Part 3: Linux as a Part of a Larger System
14. Chapter 11: Logging Configuration and Remote Logging 15. Chapter 12: Centralized Authentication 16. Chapter 13: High Availability 17. Chapter 14: Automation with Chef 18. Chapter 15: Security Guidelines and Best Practices 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring rsyslog for centralized logging

Centralized logging using the central-rsyslog server can be set up after you’ve updated to the most recent version of rsyslog.

The central logging setup is created by turning on the rsyslog UDP input module, imudp, and building the rsyslog template to receive log messages from other servers. The imudp input module allows syslog messages to be broadcast over UDP to be received by the central-rsyslog server.

Enable the options shown in the following screenshot in /etc/rsyslog.conf (the rsyslog configuration file) before saving the file and closing the editor.

The imudp input module needs to be configured to utilize the default UDP port of 514 to work:

Figure 11.3 – imudp module configuration

Figure 11.3 – imudp module configuration

Then, create a new rsyslog template (/etc/rsyslog.d/50-remote-logs.conf) and paste the configuration indicated in Figure 11.4.

The following rsyslog template will allow you to collect logs from other...

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