Syslog server with Rsyslog and LogAnalyzer in Ubuntu 12

Installing Rsyslog from repository

First make sure you have the latest update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Adding PPA repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adiscon/v8-devel

If you get this error: “add-apt-repository: command not found”

Try installing this python-software-properties package

apt-get install python-software-properties

Update your apt cache and install rsyslog

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install rsyslog

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