graylog-sidecar (is a lightweight configuration management system) Graylog Sidecar is a lightweight configuration management system for different log collectors, also called Backends. The Graylog node(s) acts as a centralized hub containing the configurations of log collectors. On supported message-producing devices/hosts, Sidecar can run as a service (Windows host) or daemon (Linux host). https://go2docs.graylog.org/5-0/getting_in_log_data/graylog_sidecar.html Add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.graylog-sidecar ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.graylog-sidecar start fi Add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.graylog-sidecar ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.graylog-sidecar stop fi