macOS
brew install rsysloglocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für rsyslog in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install rsysloglocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo apk add rsyslogAlpine Linux edge package indexes · rsyslog · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install rsyslogDebian stable package indexes · rsyslog · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install rsyslogFedora Rawhide package metadata · rsyslog · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#rsyslognixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/rs/rsyslog/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo zypper install rsyslogopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · rsyslog · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Enhanced, multi-threaded syslogd
Verlauf
rsyslog is a modular, multithreaded syslog daemon and log-processing engine. It preserves compatibility with traditional syslog workflows while supporting structured configuration, queues, filtering, reliable transport, and diverse inputs and outputs.
Rainer Gerhards launched rsyslog in 2004 as a fork of sysklogd. Its initial goals included reliable network transport, better formatting and timestamp precision, database output, and a more extensible design while retaining syslog compatibility.
The project introduced a multithreaded queue engine and RainerScript in 2008. By 2010 its modular input/output architecture had matured, laying the groundwork for its later role as a general-purpose log-processing engine.
Fedora 8 selected rsyslog as its default syslog daemon in 2007, while Red Hat involvement strengthened packaging and IPv6 support. It later became commonly distributed across major Linux package ecosystems; the supplied mappings include Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora-family, Nix, openSUSE, and Homebrew.
By the 2010s, deployments increasingly used rsyslog not only as a local syslog daemon but as a high-volume event pipeline, aided by queues, structured data, and integrations with systems such as Elasticsearch and Kafka.
On Linux, the distribution-owned main configuration normally resides at `/etc/rsyslog.conf`. Administrators are encouraged to leave that file intact and place new RainerScript rules in `/etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf`.
Common deployments collect local sockets or the systemd journal, receive remote syslog over TCP or UDP, filter and transform messages, buffer them through queues, and write them to files, databases, search systems, or streaming platforms.
rsyslog matters to package and systems enthusiasts because it sits at the boundary between classic Unix compatibility and modern observability infrastructure. A single package can accept traditional syslog configuration while also providing modules, disk-assisted queues, structured logging, filtering, and delivery to databases or event platforms.
Sicherheitslage
formula declares a Homebrew service.
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local files
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Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
/etc/rsyslog.conf/etc/rsyslog.d/*.confExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
msggen | cli | globales Executable | |
rsyslog_diag_hostname | cli | globales Executable | |
rsyslogd | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:rsyslog |
|---|---|
| Version | 8.2608.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rsyslog |
| Homepage | https://www.rsyslog.com/ |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://www.rsyslog.com/ |
| Lizenz | Apache-2.0 AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://www.rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog/rsyslog-8.2608.0.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-09-12T11:18:46Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | gnutls, libestr, libfastjson, libyaml, protobuf-c, snappy |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | pkgconf |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | curl |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | declared |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | rsyslog |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
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rsyslog 8.2504.0-1
reliable system and kernel logging daemon
sudo apt install rsyslogrsyslog-clickhouse 8.2504.0-1
ClickHouse output plugin for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-clickhousersyslog-czmq 8.2504.0-1
ZeroMQ protocol support for rsyslog via CZMQ
sudo apt install rsyslog-czmqrsyslog-docker 8.2504.0-1
Docker input plugin for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-dockerrsyslog-elasticsearch 8.2504.0-1
Elasticsearch output plugin for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-elasticsearchrsyslog-gnutls 8.2504.0-1
TLS protocol support for rsyslog (GnuTLS)
sudo apt install rsyslog-gnutlsrsyslog-gssapi 8.2504.0-1
GSSAPI authentication and encryption support for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-gssapirsyslog-hiredis 8.2504.0-1
Redis support for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-hiredisrsyslog-kafka 8.2504.0-1
Apache Kafka support for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-kafkarsyslog-kubernetes 8.2504.0-1
Kubernetes metadata support for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-kubernetesrsyslog-mongodb 8.2504.0-1
MongoDB output plugin for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-mongodbrsyslog-mysql 8.2504.0-1
MySQL output plugin for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-mysqlrsyslog-openssl 8.2504.0-1
TLS/DTLS protocol support for rsyslog (OpenSSL)
sudo apt install rsyslog-opensslrsyslog-pgsql 8.2504.0-1
PostgreSQL output plugin for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-pgsqlrsyslog-relp 8.2504.0-1
RELP protocol support for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-relprsyslog-snmp 8.2504.0-1
SNMP protocol support for rsyslog
sudo apt install rsyslog-snmpQuellspur
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