Syslogd as a system service

For systemd

To install as a systemd service, copy the syslogd.service file into /etc/systemd/system/, edit the file and configure your required options.

Enable and start the service:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable syslogd.service
systemctl restart syslogd.service

To read log output from the service, use:

journalctl -f -u syslogd.service