Modules in syslog-ng Open Source Edition

To increase its flexibility and simplify the development of additional modules, the syslog-ng OSE application is modular.

The majority of syslog-ng OSE’s functionality is in separate modules. As a result, it is also possible to fine-tune the resource requirements of syslog-ng OSE (for example, by loading only the modules that are actually used in the configuration, or simply omitting modules that are not used but require large amount of memory).

Each module contains one or more plugins that add some functionality to syslog-ng OSE (for example, a destination or a source driver).

• To display the list of available modules, run the syslog-ng –version command.

• To display the description of the available modules, run the syslog-ng –module-registry command.

• To customize which modules syslog-ng OSE automatically loads when syslog-ng OSE starts, use the –default-modules command-line option of syslog-ng OSE.

• To request loading a module from the syslog-ng OSE configuration file, see Loading modules.

For details on the command-line parameters of syslog-ng OSE mentioned in the previous list, see the syslog-ng OSE man page at The syslog-ng OSE manual page.