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Simple, minimal syslog-ng.conf to configure a debug syslog server at 514/udp.
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syslog-ng.conf
@version: 4.3
@include "scl.conf"
source customsrc { udp(); };
destination customdest { file("/var/log/syslog-ng.log"); };
log { source(customsrc); destination(customdest); };
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CodeAdminDe commented Apr 15, 2025

  • e.g. for usage with something based on https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/tree/develop/docker for debugging
    • docker: docker run -it -p 514:514/udp -p 601:601 --name syslog-ng balabit/syslog-ng:latest
    • k8s: kubectl create ns ca-syslog-temp && kubectl label ns ca-syslog-temp pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=privileged && kubectl run syslog -n ca-syslog-temp --rm -i --tty --image balabit/syslog-ng:latest --command -- bash

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