Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 17:41:26 +0100 From: Volker Kindermann <freebsd@secspace.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to log from several servers Message-ID: <20030302174126.39a48dab.freebsd@secspace.de> In-Reply-To: <2B3CC68F-4B18-11D7-9EAA-003065B0995C@garbage.dk> References: <2B3CC68F-4B18-11D7-9EAA-003065B0995C@garbage.dk>
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Hi Thomas, > We have a few servers and we are getting tired of having to log into > each of them to check the logfile. (like tail -f /var/somelog) > > Is there a way to log things like /var/log/messages and > /var/log/maillog to one central logging server ? yes of course: set up a central syslog server. As others mentioned before, the default syslog is not the first choice if you have two aspects to be important: - encryption - reliability Both items are solved, if you use syslog-ng. It works with tcp instead of udp (reliability) and you can tunnel it over ssl or so if you need encryption. Google for "syslog-ng central log server" and you should find some interesting reading. hth -volker To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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