Hi, i read used example from syslog-ng reference manual - there's extra semi-colon, which causes syslog-ng to fail during startup: Reference manual part: Example 3-9. Using the tcp() driver destination d_tcp { tcp("10.1.2.3" port(1999); localport(999)); }; ^^^ Correct is: destination d_tcp { tcp("10.1.2.3" port(1999) localport(999)); }; Cheers, Martin Pala