The syslog-ng Administrator Guide

A destination is where a log message is sent if the filtering rules match. Similarly to sources, destinations consist of one or more drivers, each defining where and how messages are sent.

	Tip
	If no drivers are defined for a destination, all messages sent to the destination are discarded. This is equivalent to omitting the destination from the log statement.

To define a destination, add a destination statement to the syslog-ng configuration file using the following syntax:

destination <identifier> { 
                destination-driver(params); destination-driver(params); ... };
            

	Example 3.5. A simple destination statement
	The following destination statement sends messages to the TCP port 1999 of the 10.1.2.3 host. destination d_demo_tcp { tcp("10.1.2.3" port(1999)); }; If name resolution is configured, the hostname of the target server can be used as well. destination d_tcp { tcp("target_host" port(1999); localport(999)); };

The following table lists the destination drivers available in syslog-ng.

For detailed description of the supported drivers, see Section 9.2, “Destination drivers”.

	Note
	When using the file() destination, update the configuration of your log rotation program to rotate these files. Otherwise, the log files can become very large.