For a more detailed, step-by-step guide on configuring syslog-ng with LogZilla, please visit the wiki.

This brief (about 2 minutes) video covers the basics of setting up your syslog-ng.conf file.

The topics covered in this video are:

  • The five "parts" of a syslog-ng configuration file
  • How to filter incoming syslog messages
  • How to specify destinations such as other servers, files, databases, etc.
  • Applying the 5 steps so that syslog-ng will use them.