This lesson covers system logging of Linux+ Certification

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the system logging portion of Linux+ certification include:^[1]

• System logging
  • Configuration of the syslog daemon
  • Understanding of standard facilities, priorities and actions
  • Configuration of logrotate
  • Awareness of rsyslog and syslog-ng
  • The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
    • Logs are usually stored in: /var/log/
    • syslogd: syslog.conf
    • klogd
    • logger
    • logrotate: /etc/logrotate.conf, /etc/logrotate.d/
    • logcheck
    • systemd
      • Journalctl
      • /etc/systemd/journald.conf
      • /var/log/journal/
  • Logwatch for parsing logs based on patterns and generate a report.

Readings

Multimedia

Activities

1. Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: System logging

Lesson Summary

Key Terms

See also

• Linux/logging

References