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.



