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title: "Visualize the configuration"
url: "https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/modules/visualize-configuration/"
last_modified: "2024-05-31T16:45:56+02:00"
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> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/llms.txt).

# Visualize the configuration

Starting with AxoSyslog 3.25, you can visualize the configuration of a running AxoSyslog instance using the `syslog-ng-ctl --export-config-graph` command. The command walks through the effective configuration, and exports it as a graph into a JSON structure.

The resulting JSON file can be converted into [DOT file format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_(graph_description_language)) that visualization tools (for example, Graphviz) can use. The package includes a Python script to convert the exported JSON file into DOT format: `<syslog-ng-installation-directory>/contrib/scripts/config-graph-json-to-dot.py`

You can convert the DOT file into PNG or PDF format using external tools.

Last modified May 31, 2024: [Typo fixes (d4925e15)](https://github.com/axoflow/axosyslog-core-docs/commit/d4925e1525a6e0ea504ee33276dbd2c980d9b659)