Donald Plummer's Blog

For CentOS 5.5:

1. Install rsyslog if you don't already have it:

   $ yum install rsyslog
   

2. Use rsyslog instead of syslog:

3. Add papertrail to rsyslog config.

4. Stop syslog and start rsyslog:

   /etc/init.d/syslog stop && /etc/init.d/rsyslog start
   

5. Configure startups:

   $ /sbin/chkconfig syslog off
   $ /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 rsyslog on
   

6. If SNMPd logging is too verbose