Use this documentation with care! It describes the heavily outdated version 5, which was actively developed around 2010 and is considered dead by the rsyslog team for many years now.

This documentation reflects the latest update of the previously existing (now removed) v5-stable branch. It describes the 5.10.2 version, which was never released. As such, it contains some content that does not apply to any released version.

To obtain the doc that properly matches your installed v5 version, obtain the doc set from your distro. Each version of rsyslog contained the version that exactly matches it.

As general advise, it is strongly suggested to upgrade to the current version supported by the rsyslog project. The current version can always be found on the right-hand side info box on the rsyslog web site.

Note that there is no rsyslog community support available for this heavily outdated version. If you need to stick with it, please ask your distribution for support.

Community Resources

You can also browse the following online resources:

• the rsyslog wiki, a community resource which includes rsyslog configuration examples
• rsyslog online documentation (most current version only)
• rsyslog discussion forum - use this for technical support
• rsyslog video tutorials
• rsyslog change log
• rsyslog FAQ
• syslog device configuration guide (off-site)
• deutsches rsyslog forum (forum in German language)

And don’t forget about the rsyslog mailing list. If you are interested in the “backstage”, you may find Rainer‘s blog an interesting read (filter on syslog and rsyslog tags). Or meet Rainer Gerhards at Facebook or Google+. If you would like to use rsyslog source code inside your open source project, you can do that without any restriction as long as your license is GPLv3 compatible. If your license is incompatible to GPLv3, you may even be still permitted to use rsyslog source code. However, then you need to look at the way rsyslog is licensed.

Feedback is always welcome, but if you have a support question, please do not mail Rainer directly (why not?) - use the rsyslog mailing list or rsyslog formum instead.