This tutorials tells how rsyslog is configured to accept syslog messages over the network via UDP. No advanced topics are covered. We use CentOS 7. This is part of a rsyslog tutorial series.
Scope
We will configure LC to only relay messages received via UDP but not store them locally. Locally-generated messages will still be stored inside local log files. They, too, will be forwarded to LR. This is a very common use case. We still do not configure any sender to connect to LC.
To do all of this, we need to modify only LC local configuration. As such, our base lab scenario will remain in the following configuration:

Note that we still do not configure any system to actually send data to LC. This will be done the next tutorial. Note that if you did not complete the last tutorial, it may be wise to have a look at it. We will work with the configuration it generated. Continue reading “rsyslog: relay messages only (no local storage)”