# 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_%28graph_description_language%29>) 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.

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