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+Dependencies
+============
+
+incomplete yet.
+
+System
+------
+
+* ruby >= 1.9 (tested: 1.9.1,  untested: 1.8 (maybe compatible))
+* libdb >= 4 (tested: 4.7)
+* C-Compiler
+
+Debian/Ubuntu:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+	# aptitude ruby1.9.1 ruby1.9.1-dev libdb4.7-dev rubygems1.9.1
+
+If you've installed ruby1.8 (yet), you should run ruby1.9.1 instead ruby and
+gem1.9.1 instead gem.
+Change shebash in s2l.rb to
+
+	#!/usr/bin/ruby1.9.1
+
+
+Ruby Gems
+---------
+
+* BDB >= 0.2.2 (patch needed - gem included)
+* UUIDTools
+
+Install: (in syslog2logan-dir)
+
+	# gem install bdb-0.2.2.gem uuidtools
+
+
+Install
+=======
+
+	# gem build syslog2logan.gemspec
+	# gem install syslog2logan-*.gem
+
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+Start
+-----
+
+Simple:
+
+	# ./s2l.rb
+
+Or deamonized:
+
+	# sh -c 'nohup ./s2l.rb </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &' &
+
+
+Use it
+------
+
+Your Syslog-server should send everythin via tcp to port 1514.
+UDP and TLS aren't possible yet.
+If you want to use any of these,  you can proxy it via a local syslog-ng.
+
+syslog-ng
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+You need these lines:
+
+	source s_server {
+		unix-stream( "/dev/log" max-connections(100));
+		# internal(); # Statistics about dests. You've any other dest than the server?
+		file( "/proc/kmsg");
+	};
+	
+	destination d_server {
+		tcp( "SyslogServer.example.org" port (1514));
+	};
+	
+	log {
+		source( s_server);
+		destination( d_server);
+	};
+
+You should use your default source.
+
+
+rsyslog
+~~~~~~~
+
+I don't know.  Please tell me,  if you can.