syslogd/README.md

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Syslog Daemon

Basic syslog server written in Java. All received messages are written to stdout.

The syslog server is able to listen on UDP and/or TCP and parses syslog messages in either RFC5424 or RFC3164 (BSD) format. The default syslog port (514) requires you to run syslogd as root / administrator. If you do not with to do so, you can choose a port number (with the -p flag) above 1024.

Usage Instructions

  • Install the syslogd package (.deb or .rpm) from downloads or compile from source.
  • Run bin/syslogd, use the -h option for help :)
Usage: syslogd [-hV] [--[no-]tcp] [--[no-]udp] [--rfc3164] [-p=<port>]
Simple syslog server that prints messages to stdout.
  -h, --help          Show this help message and exit.
      --[no-]tcp      Listen on TCP, true by default.
      --[no-]udp      Listen on UDP, true by default.
  -p, --port=<port>   Listening port, 514 (privileged) by default.
      --rfc3164       Parse RFC3164 syslog message, RFC5424 by default.
  -V, --version       Print version information and exit.