syslog-ng.conf @version: 3.9 source s_network { syslog(ip("0.0.0.0") port(5514) transport("udp") flags(no-parse)); }; destination d_local { file("/var/log/messages"); }; log { source(s_network); destination(d_local); }; "flags(no-parse)" works for me Maybe the message can be parsed by a template. Inspired by Syslog-NG documentation ... View more