After trying to get remote logging working on my LAN, I started looking at sysutils/syslog-ng, which although an external logging facility, seems to be much more suitable as a network logging option. I'm just reading up about it at the moment as well as studying a few videos, although would be interested in anyone's opinions about it.
One initial problem I have is which version should I download? I ran
I notice that the first line of the installed /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf says @version:3.22 but the first line of the installed /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf.dist says @version:3.23 so am confused. Can anyone enlighten me as to how to install the latest version?
One initial problem I have is which version should I download? I ran
pkg install -y syslog-ng
but am not sure whether this is the same as syslog-ng324 which is the latest...I notice that the first line of the installed /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf says @version:3.22 but the first line of the installed /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf.dist says @version:3.23 so am confused. Can anyone enlighten me as to how to install the latest version?