syslog-receive

Syslog is a standard for message logging. A syslog server (a “collector”) gathers log messages coming from syslog clients (“originators”).

syslog-receive is a command-line (shell) utility that works as a syslog server.

Features

  • IPv4 and IPv6
  • BSD syslog protocol (RFC3164)
  • IETF syslog protocol (RFC5424)
  • Syslog over UDP (RFC5426)
  • Syslog over TCP (RFC6587)
  • Syslog over TLS (RFC5425)
  • Limit for maximum message size
  • ‘Non-transparent-framing’ message format
  • ‘Octet-counting’ message format
  • TLS: Optional request of clients certificates
  • TLS: Certification path validation
  • TLS: Certificate fingerprints validation
  • UTF-8 and custom charsets
  • Optional hexadecimal output

Downloads

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Documentation

Command-line options
Usage examples
Version history

License

In simple words: syslog-receive is free to use. For full details refer the End-User License Agreement.

Contact us for a special license if you want to include syslog-receive as a part of your commercial product.