At first: the apt-get install is mostly unneeded, and misses the only needed package: Code: apt-get install rsyslog-mysql that will create database, structure and tables. Then, in the wizard step 7: Name of the source: local syslog Table type: MonitorWare Database host: localhost Database name: Syslog Database tablename: SystemEvents Database user: rsyslog Database password: the one given during the installation of rsyslog-mysql, can be seen in /etc/rsyslog.d/mysql.conf
