Jack Wallen walks you through the process of setting up a centralized Linux log server using syslog-ng. Let’s say your data center is filled with Linux servers and you need to administer them all.

Syslog messages circulate around your network and provide valuable information for system monitoring. You don't have to pay anything for this information if you use a free Syslog server. The Syslog ...

Linux systems maintain quite a collection of log files, many of which you are probably rarely tempted to view. Some of these log files are quite valuable, though, and options for exploring them might ...

Log rotation, a normal thing on Linux systems, keeps any particular log file from becoming too large, yet ensures that sufficient details on system activities are still available for proper system ...

A centralized syslog server was one of the first true SysAdmin tasks that I was given as a Linux Administrator way back in 1997. My boss at the time wanted to pull in log files from various appliances ...

Whatever else you do to secure a Linux system, it must have comprehensive, accurate and carefully watched logs. Logs serve several purposes. First, they help us troubleshoot virtually all kinds of ...

Graylog makes it easy to send syslog information from clients to the hosting server. Jack Wallen shows you how. UK Police Convicts Pair in £5.5 Billion Bitcoin Launder Case Blackpoint Cyber vs. Arctic ...