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How syslog works: message format, severity levels, facilities, transport over UDP, TCP, and TLS, plus reliability mechanisms like buffering.

Learn what syslog is, how it works, and why it remains the backbone of modern logging. Use cases, benefits, and limitations for beginners.

The starting point of our comprehensive syslog guide, that starts from the basics and covers every aspect of syslog collection, transport, and scaling

AxoSyslog: the syslog-ng fork built by its original developers. Secure, supported, binary-compatible log management with enterprise features.

Redundant log delivery quietly duplicates data, distorts analytics, and inflates your SIEM bill. Learn how to detect and prevent duplication.

Activity report of the first year of AxoSyslog, our drop-in syslog-ng fork.

Optimize SIEM data ingestion with automated classification. Improve accuracy, reduce costs, and eliminate log chaos. Learn how Axoflow can help!

Upgrade syslog-ng to AxoSyslog in minutes with no configuration changes. What the drop-in replacement means and how the migration works.

FilterX makes filtering and modifying logs easier and faster, handling nested JSON and OpenTelemetry logs as a syslog-ng filter replacement.

Learn how to install AxoSyslog, our syslog-ng™ fork from our repository on RPM-based Linux distributions like RHEL, Fedora, or AlmaLinux.

Metrics, management, and alternatives for syslog-ng Premium Edition. Modernize your syslog-ng based logging infrastructure without disrupting your deployments!

Metrics and management for syslog-ng based enterprise logging: gain visibility into your telemetry pipeline health and reduce downtime.