Install AxoSyslog

This chapter explains how to install AxoSyslog on various platforms.

Cloud-ready syslog-ng images

AxoSyslog provides cloud-ready images. These images differ from the upstream syslog-ng images, because:

• They’re based on Alpine Linux, instead of Debian testing for reliability and smaller size (thus smaller attack surface).
• They incorporate cloud-native features and settings, such as the Kubernetes source.
• They incorporate container-level optimizations for better performance and improved security. For example, they use an alternative malloc library.
• They support the ARM architecture.

The AxoSyslog images support the following architectures:

• amd64
• arm/v7
• arm64

Install AxoSyslog

• Install AxoSyslog with Podman and systemd
• Install AxoSyslog on Debian/Ubuntu
• Install AxoSyslog on RHEL/Fedora/AlmaLinux
• Install AxoSyslog with Docker
• Install AxoSyslog with Podman
• Install AxoSyslog with Helm
• AxoSyslog on macOS

Upgrade AxoSyslog

To upgrade an existing AxoSyslog installation to a newer version (packages, container images, or the Helm chart), see Upgrade AxoSyslog to a newer version.

Upgrade syslog-ng to AxoSyslog

If you’re already using syslog-ng, you can upgrade your existing syslog-ng deployments to AxoSyslog in a matter of minutes. For details, see Upgrade syslog-ng to AxoSyslog.

Forward Windows logs

Axoflow provides a custom OpenTelemetry Collector distribution that you can use to collect logs on Windows hosts and forward them to AxoSyslog. For details, see Forward Windows logs.