SYSLOGD-SIMPLE - Simple Syslog Server
syslod-simple [options]
Listens for Syslog messages and logs to console and optional file. Tries to decode according to RFC 3164 message format. Syslog columns are:
Source IP Address Source UDP port Facility Severity Timestamp (or 0 if not matched) Hostname (or 0 if not matched) Message
-4 Force IPv4. -6 Force IPv6 (overrides -4). -d <dir> Output file directory. --directory DEFAULT: (or not specified) [Current]. -i # UDP Port to listen on. --interface DEFAULT: (or not specified) 514. -l Output list format. --list DEFAULT: (or not specified) Line. -t Print time in human-readable yyyymmddhhmmss format. --time DEFAULT: (or not specified) Unix epoch. -w Log to "syslogd.log". -w -w Log by facility in "<facility>.log". -w -w -w Log by hostname in "<host>.log".
This software is released under the same terms as Perl itself. If you don't know what that means visit http://perl.com/.
Copyright (C) Michael Vincent 2010
http://www.VinsWorld.com
All rights reserved
To install Net::Syslogd, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Net::Syslogd
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Net::Syslogd
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.