• centos in /etc/syslog.conf end insert
  • ubuntu in /etc/rsyslog.conf end insert

setting '/etc/syslong.conf

[root@client ~]$ vim /etc/syslog.conf
*.*   @server_ip

use logger testing

[root@client ~]$ logger -i just one test
[root@client ~]$ tail -1 /var/log/messages
Jan 27 22:12:02 client rot[2861]: just one test

check syslog-ng server

[root@server2 ~]$ cat /var/log/syslog-ng/20100128/ <server ip> /messages
Jan 28 04:24:32 <server ip> root[2861]: just one test