[Unit] Description=System Logger Daemon Documentation=man:syslog-ng(8) [Service] Type=notify Sockets=syslog.socket ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/syslog-ng/ ExecStart=/usr/sbin/syslog-ng -F -p /var/run/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.pid ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID StandardOutput=null Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Alias=syslog.service