[TriLUG] questions about Linux and syslog servers

[Eric J. Gerney]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Aaron S. Joyner wrote:

>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:21:04 -0500
>From: Aaron S. Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws>
>To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
>
> Greg Brown wrote:
>> Hi all.  We are getting ready to replace our beloved syslog platform and are
>> searching for new solutions.  I'd like have to have a syslog server that is
>> 'user friendly', that is it does not require *any* linux or unix skills by
>> the end user.  Sure, it's easy enough to do a 'sudo tail -f
>> /var/log/messages | grep regex' but trust me, this is enough to scare away
>> most people.
>>
>> I don't mind handling the administration of the software and server, no
>> problem.  I'd like to have some kind of web interface as the front end of
>> the syslog server.  I'd also prefer to have some kind of AJAX or AJAX-like
>> web interface that would do the equivalent of 'tail -f...'.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Greg
>>
> Considered splunk?
>
> Aaron S. Joyner

We use PHP-Syslog-NG.  No AJAX, but a fairly nice frontend to syslog 
messages stored in a MySQL DB... and it's free.

http://code.google.com/p/php-syslog-ng/

Regards,
Eric Gerney
gerney at att.com
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