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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello list, I am learning how to get a syslog server with syslog-ng.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I started working on a IT department and I have more than 50 servers, we actually has rsyslog on the client side and syslog-ng on the syslog server.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I want to change the client side rsyslog to configure it with syslog-ng. On the server side I read lot of documentation and I know how to configure it (source, destination and filter).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I want to get this logs on the client side and send to the syslog server on a TCP+SSL:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/auth.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/daemon.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/dmesg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/messages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/syslog<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I want to get on the server side something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host1/auth.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host1/ daemon.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host1/ dmesg <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host1/ messages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host1/ syslog<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host2/auth.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host2/ daemon.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host2/ dmesg <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host2/ messages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/host2/ syslog<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/hostn/auth.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/hostn/ daemon.log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/hostn/ dmesg <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/hostn/ messages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>/var/log/extern/hostn/ syslog<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On the past post you help me and I have how to get It on the server side for the TCP+SSL:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>source s_tcptls {<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> tcp (ip("10.200.42.1")<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> port(10514)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> tls(<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> peer-verify(require-trusted)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> ca_dir("/etc/syslog-ng/certs/")<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> key_file("/etc/syslog-ng/certs/server.key")<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> cert_file("/etc/syslog-ng/certs/server.crt")<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> );<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>};<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I have some questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Must I uninstall rsyslog before install syslog-ng?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>How can I configure the client side to send my logs to the server and to save on the local /var/log/?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Is there any client limit on syslog-ng?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I will try to read and learn as much as I can, I will appreciate your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks for your job and best regards.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>