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title: "The philosophy of AxoSyslog"
url: "https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-concepts/syslog-ng-philosophy/"
last_modified: "2023-10-22T16:38:19+02:00"
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> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/llms.txt).

# The philosophy of AxoSyslog

Typically, AxoSyslog is used to manage log messages and implement centralized logging, where the aim is to collect the log messages of several devices on a single, central log server. The different devices — called AxoSyslog clients — all run AxoSyslog, and collect the log messages from the various applications, files, and other *sources*. The clients send all important log messages to the remote AxoSyslog server, which sorts and stores them.

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