# 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. * To configure AxoSyslog as a client that sends log messages to a central logserver, see [Configuring AxoSyslog on client hosts](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/configure-clients/index.md). * To configure AxoSyslog as a server that receives log messages from client hosts, see [Configuring AxoSyslog on server hosts](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/configure-servers/index.md). * To configure AxoSyslog as a relay that receives log messages from client hosts and forwards them to a central logserver, see [Configuring AxoSyslog on server hosts](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/configure-servers/index.md). * For information about managing and checking AxoSyslog services on Linux, see [Managing and checking the syslog-ng service on Linux](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/managing-and-checking-linux/index.md). * * * [Configuring AxoSyslog on client hosts](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/configure-clients/index.md) [Configuring AxoSyslog on server hosts](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/configure-servers/index.md) [Configuring AxoSyslog relays](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/relaying-log-messages/index.md) [Sending Kubernetes logs to OpenSearch](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/opensearch-helm/index.md) [Managing and checking the syslog-ng service on Linux](../docs/axosyslog-core/quickstart/managing-and-checking-linux/index.md) Last modified December 12, 2023: [Reorders the first few chapters (6a35568)]()