debops.rsyslog

The rsyslog package is used to read, process, store and forward system logs in different ways, on local or remote systems. The debops.rsyslog role can be used to easily configure log forwarding to a central log server, as well as store logs on the filesystem or other storage backends.

• Getting started
  • Initial configuration
  • Configuration filename extensions
  • Quick start: log forwarding
  • Quick start: receiving remote logs
  • Example inventory
  • Example playbook
• Unprivileged syslog and encrypted connections
  • Run the daemon in privileged mode
  • Grant access to private keys by additional groups
  • Create custom PKI realm for syslog
  • Testing encrypted connections
• debops.rsyslog default variables
  • General configuration
  • APT packages
  • User, group, home, file ownership
  • Encrypted communication
  • Firewall, UDP, TCP ports
  • Log forwarding
  • Main rsyslog configuration
  • Main configuration sections
  • Rsyslog configuration rules
  • Log rotation
  • Configuration for other Ansible roles
• Default variable details
  • rsyslog__forward
  • rsyslog__configuration
  • rsyslog__configuration_sections
  • rsyslog__rules

Copyright

debops.rsyslog - Manage syslog daemon using Ansible

Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Maciej Delmanowski <drybjed@gmail.com>
Copyright (C) 2015-2020 DebOps <https://debops.org/>
SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only

This Ansible role is part of DebOps.

DebOps is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as
published by the Free Software Foundation.

DebOps is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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