Quick-start guide

This chapter provides a very brief introduction into configuring the AxoSyslog application. For details on the format of the configuration file and how to configure sources, destinations, and other features, refer to the subsequent chapters.

AxoSyslog can transport log messages between nodes using several protocols. For transport between AxoSyslog nodes, you can use the legacy BSD-syslog and the IETF-syslog protocols, or the OpenTelemetry protocol with the axosyslog-otlp() drivers. The client and server pages below show how to configure both. For details about the axosyslog-otlp() drivers, see axosyslog-otlp(): Forward logs to another node using OpenTelemetry and axosyslog-otlp(): Receive logs from another node using OpenTelemetry.

• To configure AxoSyslog as a client that sends log messages to a central logserver, see Configuring AxoSyslog on client hosts.
• To configure AxoSyslog as a server that receives log messages from client hosts, see Configuring AxoSyslog as a logserver.
• To configure AxoSyslog as a relay that receives log messages from client hosts and forwards them to a central logserver, see Configuring AxoSyslog as a logserver.
• For information about managing and checking AxoSyslog services on Linux, see Managing and checking the syslog-ng service on Linux.