How to configure rsyslog server to log messages from different hosts to different files and folders

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Issue

  • Syslog does not support remote logging with individual logs on per host basis. How can remote logging with individual logs on a per host basis be configured with rsyslog?

  • How can remote logging be enabled with separate logs for each remote host (system-hostname.log) with date (system-hostname-date.log)?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

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