# 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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