Rsyslog Whitepapers

These are a collection of white papers written by Rainer Gerhards. They detail logging comparisons and realities based on his experience. They also cover observations regarding the development of rsyslog and the community around syslog messaging

White Papers

• syslog parsing in rsyslog
• syslog-protocol support in rsyslog
• Turning Lanes and Rsyslog Queues
• Preserving syslog sender over NAT
• How reliable should reliable logging be?

See also

Help with configuring/using Rsyslog:

• Mailing list - best route for general questions
• GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with Rsyslog
• Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to Rsyslog:

• Source project: rsyslog project README.
• Documentation: rsyslog-doc project README