= DESCRIPTION:

Installs rsyslog to replace sysklogd for client and/or server use. By default, server will be set up to log to files.

= REQUIREMENTS:

== Platform:

Tested on Ubuntu 8.10.

== Cookbooks:

= ATTRIBUTES: 

* rsyslog[:log_dir] - specify the directory to store logs (applicable to server only)
* rsyslog[:server] - specify the remote rsyslog server.
* rsyslog[:protocol] - specify whether to use udp or tcp for remote log transmission. tcp is default.

= USAGE:

To replace the sysklogd syslog service with rsyslog:

  include_recipe "rsyslog"
  
To set up a client with a remote [r]syslog server:

  include_recipe "rsyslog::client"
  
By default, this cookbook will use TCP so the server should be configured for TCP. This can be done easily with the server recipe:

  include_recipe "rsyslog::server"

To switch to UDP, change the rsyslog[:protocol] attribute. Note this needs to be done on each client as well.

Also, the server configuration will set up log_dir for each client, by date. Structure:

  <%= @log_dir %>/YEAR/MONTH/DAY/HOSTNAME/"logfile"

= LICENSE and AUTHOR:
      
Author:: Joshua Timberman (<joshua@opscode.com>)

Copyright:: 2009, Opscode, Inc

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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