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Centralizing "syslog-ng" to MySQL

Synopsis: This documentation assumes that you have installed and have a working version of syslog-ng version 1.5.x and higher. This documentation assumes that you have installed and have a working version of mysql database. What is syslog-ng? Syslog-ng is the world's most flexible and scalable audit trail processing tool for organizations of any size. It provides a centralised, securely stored log of all devices on your network, whatever platform they run on. And syslog-ng also incorporates a host of powerful features, including filtering based on message content, as well as customisable data mining and analysis capabilities. syslog-ng comes as part of the Zorp product line or can be downloaded (( click here )) as a drop-in replacement for stock UNIX system logging software. What is mysql MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database.