syslog centos 7 code example

Example: setting up centos 7 as a syslog server

yum -y install rsyslog
vi /etc/rsyslog.conf
# Provides UDP syslog reception
$ModLoad imudp
$UDPServerRun 514

# Provides TCP syslog reception
$ModLoad imtcp
$InputTCPServerRun 514

systemctl restart rsyslog

netstat -antup | grep 514



firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=514/tcp
firewall-cmd --reload

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=514/udp 
firewall-cmd --reload


tail -f /var/log/messages