Rsyslog is an enhanced multi-threaded syslogd.
Among other features, it offers support for
on-demand disk buffering, reliable syslog over
TCP, writing to databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL,
Oracle, and many more), fully configurable output
formats (including high-precision timestamps), the
ability to filter on any part of the syslog
message, on-the-wire message compression, and the
ability to convert text files to syslog. It is a
drop-in replacement for stock syslogd and able to
work with the same configuration file syntax.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
The GSSAPI input module has become a real
independent module. Formerly, the rsyslog core
needed to be linked with GSSAPI libraries, which
now no longer is required. Also, there now is an
initial implementation of the pre-v3 compatibility
layer and duplicates of $ModLoad are detected and
prevented. This release is a recommended update
for all v3 users.