The syslog-ng Administrator Guide

Document version: 1.0.20
Release date: April 11, 2008
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4.3. Installing syslog-ng on FreeBSD

To install syslog-ng on the FreeBSD operating systems, complete the following steps as root.

Procedure 4.3. Installing syslog-ng on FreeBSD systems

  1. Use your username and password received together with your syslog-ng Premium Edition license to download the following binaries. Make sure to download the package specific for the processor architecture of the host.

  2. Unpack the downloaded syslog-ng package into the / directory. Issue the following commands as root: 

    cd / 
tar xfz /<path_to_the_packages>/syslog-ng-pe_<version>_<arch>.tgz /opt
tar xfz /<path_to_the_packages>/libdbi8_<version>_<arch>.tgz /opt/syslog-ng

  3. Rename the /opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng.conf.example file to syslog-ng.conf. Edit the configuration file as needed.

    mv /opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng.conf.example /opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng.conf

  4. Copy the /opt/syslog-ng/doc/syslog-ng.rc.d file into the /etc/rc.d directory and set its properties to 755.

    cp /opt/syslog-ng/doc/syslog-ng.rc.d /etc/rc.d
chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/syslog-ng.rc.d

  5. Stop syslogd. Issue the following command:

    /etc/rc.d/syslogd stop

  6. Edit the /etc/rc.conf file with a text editor (e.g., vi) and add the following lines: 

    syslogd_enable="NO"
syslogng_enable="YES"

  7. Start syslog-ng.

    /etc/rc.d/syslog-ng start

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