Why do I continue to maintain #sysklogd on Linux when there's #rsyslog and #syslogng?

I believe what sysklogd has going for it is exactly what the competitors sacrificed: simplicity, a tiny footprint, zero dependencies beyond libc, and a config file a human can read in five minutes. On embedded systems, routers, and appliances that's not a consolation prize — it's the point.

#opensource #linux #syslog

This week on planet.opensuse.org, find out about #KDE Plasma 6.6.1, #Tumbleweed gets #Linux kernel 6.19.3 & #PipeWire 1.6, and #syslog-ng 4.11.0 is now packaged! Also, did you know #data has weight or is it a #myth?. https://news.opensuse.org/2026/03/06/planet-roundup/
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@whitequark Can't it log via #Syslog to another device on lan?

(I'm a complete PXE, NetBoot noob but interested )

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nc -k -l -u 192.0.2.1 514 | awk 'BEGIN{nc="nc -q0 -u 198.51.100.1 514"}{print strftime("<13>%b %d %H:%M:%S bgw320-505 ATT-BGW320: ")$0 | nc; print $0}'

`nc` net cat

`-k` When a connection is completed, listen for another one.

`-l` Listen for an incoming connection rather than initiating a connection to a remote host.

`-u` Use UDP instead of TCP.

`192.0.2.1` & `514` IP & port to listen on.

`awk` Text manipulation tool

`BEGIN{...}` initialization block

`nc="..."` assign the net cat command and parameters to the `nc` variable.

`-q0` after EOF on stdin, wait the specified number of seconds and then quit.

`198.51.100.1` & `514` IP & port to send modified data to.

`print ... | nc` print the output into the command specified in the `nc` variable.

`strftime(...)` create a formatted time string

`<13>` Textual form of encoding of the `user` facility and `notice` level.

`%b` abbreviated month

`%d` day of month with space padding

`%H` hour of day in 0-23

`%M` minute of hour

`%S` second of minute

`bgw320-505` hostname

`ATT-BGW320:` message TAG

`$0` message CONTENT

` | nc` connect the output of the `print` into the input of the command defined in the `nc` variable.

`print $0` print the line to STDOUT (separate from the `nc` command) used to help debug things.

Two standard Unix commands; #nc and #awk, put together creatively allow creating a #SYSLOG relay.

Diese Woche gibt's bei @ajfriesen und mir weihnachtliche Stimmung in der Hütte. In Aachen wird auf UniFi migriert, in Düren am eBook-Lesen optimiert, im Smart Home fallen die Schneeflocken und überall unterstützt musikalische Beschallung die Konzentration.

Beim Podcatcher eurer Wahl oder hier: https://podcast.smarthuette.de/episodes/leise-blinkt-der-switch-unifi-migration-in-aachen-ebooks-im-bett-schneeflocken-im-smart-home-und-musikalische-beschallung-bei-der-arbeit

Viel Spaß beim Hören!

#unifi #mikrotik #homeassistant #homelab #syslog #vector #grafana #music #airplay #apple #kobo #ebook #ebooks #linux #smarthuette

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Looking into #syslog server implementations, trying to decide if I should go with #rsyslog or #syslog-ng. Apparently the maintainer (!) of rsyslog is a slop coder (see https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/6328). Might want to avoid rsyslog in the future, I definitely will.

#slop #ai #llm

Add DNS SRV discovery to omfwd by rgerhards · Pull Request #6328 · rsyslog/rsyslog

Summary add a targetSrv parameter that resolves _syslog SRV records and feeds the results into omfwd's target pool process SRV priority/weight ordering, enforce mutual exclusivity with target,...

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Chúng tôi đang phát triển:
1️⃣ Mô-đun nhập đa giao thức (syslog RFC 3164/5424 & systemd journald)
2️⃣ Dịch vụ chuẩn hóa định dạng logs hệ thống
3️⃣ Lớp thu thập chống nghẽn mạng (backpressure-aware)
4️⃣ Cổng xác thực schema trước xử lý dữ liệu

Giải pháp giúp tiêu chuẩn hóa logs từ hàng loạt giao thức khác nhau, tăng hiệu suất hệ thống trong xử lý dữ liệu nhật ký. #syslog #log_management #backend_dev #phatiennghi #he_thong #systemd #networking #devops #log_normalization #schema_validat

idea: add #llm support to #syslog so when nothing interesting is happening then it generates some exciting log entries, and if something interesting is happening it hides in the noise. just to keep SoC people entertained.

#tormentnexus