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Enable syslog-ng Service

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The syslog-ng service (in replacement of rsyslog) provides syslog-style logging by default on Debian. The syslog-ng service can be enabled with the following command: 
$ sudo systemctl enable syslog-ng.service

Rationale

The syslog-ng service must be running in order to provide logging services, which are essential to system administration.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_syslogng_enabled
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

OS Build Blueprint

[customizations.services]
enabled = ["syslog-ng"]

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Enable service syslog-ng
  block:
  - name: Gather the package facts
    package_facts:
      manager: auto

A Puppet Snippet

include enable_syslog-ng
class enable_syslog-ng {
  service {'syslog-ng':
    enable => true,
    ensure => 'running',
  }
}