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syslog-ng now supports the syslog.conf file format
People complained that syslog-ng is not a drop-in syslogd replacement and you have to learn a new configuration file format. Although I really think that syslog-ng’s way is superior to the old syslog.conf style, it is true that for someone not familiar with syslog-ng, the syntax of the configuration is something that needs to be learnt.
Courtesy of Jonathan W. Marks who contributed a syslogd -> syslog-ng translator back in the day, I’ve commited an SCL plugin that can be used to convert syslog.conf file to syslog-ng configuration without any manual hassles. SIGHUP and the like immeditately work well, as it is the syslog-ng config parser which drives the conversion.
It is not meant to be used for anything more but migration, but for that it can be handy.
You still have to create a static syslog-ng configuration file though, but that’s static and looks like this:
@version: 3.2
@include “scl.conf”
syslogconf()
So now users have a choice which one they prefer.
Hello,
I’m working with a client that wants to locate the syslog2ng script we downloaed the rpm for redhat 3.1.4 and it doesn’t seem to be included.
Where can I find the scl plugin for syslog2ng.