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$ logger -t postfix -p mail.info 'Message from postfix' $ logger -t kernel -p kern.emerg 'Kernel Panic'
$ systemctl -a | grep syslog $ less /etc/rsyslog.conf $ man rsyslog.conf
root@server:~# cat /etc/rsyslog.d/30-cisco.conf
local0.* -/var/log/cisco.log
root@server:~# touch /var/log/cisco.log debian# chown root:adm /var/log/cisco.log ubuntu# chown syslog:adm /var/log/cisco.log root@server:~# rsyslogd -N1 root@server:~# service rsyslog restart root@server:~# tail -f /var/log/cisco.log
root@server:~# cat /etc/rsyslog.conf
... module(load="imudp") input(type="imudp" port="514") ...
root@server:~# service rsyslog restart
# cat /etc/rsyslog.d/my.conf
... module(load="imfile") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/audit/audit.log" Tag="audit" Severity="info" Facility="local6") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/openvpn/openvpn_status_bmstu.log" Tag="openvpn" Severity="info" Facility="local0") ... *.* @server.corpX.un:8514
root@server:~# cat /etc/rsyslog.conf
... module(load="omprog") local0.* action(type="omprog" binary="/etc/script.sh") ...
root@server:~# service rsyslog restart
root@server:~# apt install logwatch root@server:~# /etc/cron.daily/00logwatch
# journalctl -ra # journalctl --no-pager # journalctl -o json # journalctl -o verbose # journalctl -f client3:~# journalctl -f | grep ansible-pull
# journalctl -ra -u postfix # journalctl -ra -p err # man systemd.journal-fields # journalctl SYSLOG_FACILITY=2
# man journald.conf # journalctl --disk-usage # journalctl --vacuum-size=1G
0 kernel messages
1 user-level messages
2 mail system
3 system daemons
4 security/authorization messages
5 messages generated internally by syslogd
6 line printer subsystem
7 network news subsystem
8 UUCP subsystem
9 clock daemon
10 security/authorization messages
11 FTP daemon
12 NTP subsystem
13 log audit
14 log alert
15 clock daemon (note 2)
16 local use 0 (local0)
17 local use 1 (local1)
18 local use 2 (local2)
19 local use 3 (local3)
20 local use 4 (local4)
21 local use 5 (local5)
22 local use 6 (local6)
23 local use 7 (local7)