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title: "Enabling and Configuring Drupal's Syslog Module"
date: "2023-01-16T04:20:05+00:00"
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The use of the Syslog module instead of the Database Logging module on the Acquia Platform increases the performance in several ways,

*   It stops logs from being written into the database, which affects performance and fills your database volume
*   Acquia support can better assist with the analysis of performance, and diagnosis of your any issue your website might be displaying.
*   You can use a log forwarding service https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud/monitor/logs/forwarding/.

To enable the Syslog module, do either of the following:

*   Use the following Drush command:
    
        drush en syslog
    
*    In Drupal UI, navigate to `example.com/admin/modules` and enable the module.

Once you have enabled the module and navigate to `/admin/config/development/logging`, you must update the Syslog configuration. In order that there is an appropriate level of logging verbosity for a production environment, it is good to update the configuration so that additional details are written in the `drupal-watchdog.log`.

Acquia recommends the following settings as these match the defaults set by Drupal Core:

*   Set the Syslog identity value to 'drupal'
*   Set the Syslog facility to: \`LOG\_LOCAL0\`
*   Set the Syslog format to: \`!base\_url|!timestamp|!type|!ip|!request\_uri|!referer|!uid|!link|!message\`