Install a Centralized Log Server with Rsyslog in Debian 9 | Linux Today

Install a Centralized Log Server with Rsyslog in Debian 9

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Matt Vas
Oct 19, 2017

In Linux, the rsyslog server can be configured to run a central log manager, in a service-client model fashion, and send log messages over the network via TCP or UDP transport protocols or receive logs from network devices, servers, routers, switches or other systems or embedded devices that generate logs.

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