Log pipeline
rsyslog
open source / community (Adiscon)
The high-performance default syslog daemon shipping on most Linux distros — collect, filter and forward syslog at scale.
- Category
- Log pipeline
- License
- Open source
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Cost
- Free
- Free tier
- Yes
- Self-host effort
- Moderate
- Maturity
- Established
- Popularity
- The default syslog daemon on most Linux distros
The catch
Extremely fast and ubiquitous, but its hybrid legacy/new config syntax is notoriously cryptic and under-documented.
Monitors
Logs
Protocols
Syslog
Built for
SRE / DevOpsHomelab