--- title: Centralised logging with rsyslog description: The management of multiple systems requires the setup of tools to control the servers behaviour in real time and post analysis. Moreover, regulations and best practices often require the IT department to maintain an accurate log of all events happening in their systems in order to allow for later analysis. Performing such analysis on each […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/centralised-logging-with-rsyslog?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 4 October 2010 # Centralised logging with rsyslog [Systems management](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/systems-management) --- Share the article The management of multiple systems requires the setup of tools to control the servers behaviour in real time and post analysis. Moreover, regulations and best practices often require the IT department to maintain an accurate log of all events happening in their systems in order to allow for later analysis. Performing such analysis on each system is time consuming and is relatively insecure because if a server is compromised, the attacker, having gained root access, will be able to cover its traces by removing the portions of the logs that he wants. [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Landscape beta: test the Landscape Server migration to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS](https://canonical.com/blog/landscape-beta-test-the-landscape-server-migration-to-ubuntu-22-04-lts) The new Landscape beta makes it easier than ever to administer your entire Ubuntu estate across any architecture, from amd64, riscv, to arm64. Landscape beta’s charms have been... [Rajan Patel](https://canonical.com/blog/author/rajanpatel927) 20 October 2022 [### In defence of pet servers](https://canonical.com/blog/in-defence-of-pet-servers) We all know the drill by now: modern compute infrastructure needs to be deterministic, disposable, commoditised and repeatable. We’re all farmers now, and our server estates... [Rob Gibbon](https://canonical.com/blog/author/robgibbon) 26 October 2021 [### Accelerate AI/ML workloads with Kubeflow and System Architecture](https://canonical.com/blog/accelerate-ai-ml-workloads-with-kubeflow-and-system-architecture) AI/ML model training is becoming more time consuming due to the increase in data needed to achieve higher accuracy levels. This is compounded by growing business expectations... [Alex Cattle](https://canonical.com/blog/author/cattleaej) 1 April 2020 [### Canonical announces certification and support for the latest Dell PowerEdge servers](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-announces-certification-and-support-for-the-latest-dell-poweredge-servers) Canonical today announced that it has signed a collaborative engineering agreement with Dell to support Ubuntu 12.04 LTS across the full range of Dell’s latest 12th generation... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 11 March 2013