Rules Related To 'syslog-ng'

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Ensure syslog-ng is Installed

package_syslogng_installed

Description

syslog-ng can be installed in replacement of rsyslog. The syslog-ng-core package can be installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install syslog-ng-core

Rationale

The syslog-ng-core package provides the syslog-ng daemon, which provides system logging services.

Enable syslog-ng Service

service_syslogng_enabled

Description

The syslog-ng service (in replacement of rsyslog) provides syslog-style logging by default on Debian. The syslog-ng service can be enabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable syslog-ng.service

Rationale

The syslog-ng service must be running in order to provide logging services, which are essential to system administration.