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Dell PowerConnect ArubaOS 5.0 | User Guide External Services Interface | 581
Deleting a syslog parser rule
To delete an existing syslog parser rule:
1. Identify the target parser rule in the list shown in the Syslog Parser Rules view.
2. Click Delete on the same row in the Actions column.
Editing an existing syslog parser rule
To change an existing syslog parser rule:
1. Identify the target parser rule in the list shown in the Syslog Parser Rules view.
2. Click Edit on the same row in the Actions column. The system displays the attributes for the selected rule
3. Change the other rule attributes as required:
a. Click the Enable checkbox to enable the rule.
b. In the Condition Pattern text box, type the regular expression to be used as the condition pattern.
c. In the drop-down Match list, select the match type (ipaddr, mac, or user).
d. In the Match Pattern text box, type the regular expression to be used as the match pattern.
e. In the drop-down Set list, select the set type (blacklist or role).
f. When you select role as the Set type, the system displays a second drop-down list. Click the list to display
the possible choices and select the appropriate role value. Validation on the entered value will be based on
the Set selection.
g. In the drop-down Parser Group list, select one of the configured parser domain names.
4. Click Apply to commit the change, or click Cancel to discard the changes you made and exit the rule editing
process.
Testing a Parser Rule
You can test or validate enabled Syslog Parser rules against a sample syslog message, or against a syslog message
file containing multiple syslog messages. Access the parser rules test from the External Services page by clicking
the Syslog Parser Test tab, which displays the Syslog Parser Rule Test view.
To test against a sample syslog message:
a. In the drop-down Test Type list, select Syslog message as the test source type.
b. In the Message text box, type the syslog message text.
c. Click Test to start the test.
The test results are displayed in a box in the area below the Test button. The test results contain
information about the matching rule and match pattern.
z To test against a syslog message file:
a. In the drop-down Test Type list, select Syslog file as the test type.
b. In the Filename text box, type the syslog file name.
c. Click Test to start the test.
Note: You cannot modify the rule name when editing a parser rule.
Note: At this point, you can test the rule you just edited by using the Test section of the edit rule view. You can also test rules
outside the add or edit processes by using the rule test in the Syslog Parser Test view (accessed from the External Services page
by clicking the Syslog Parser Test tab, described in “Testing a Parser Rule” on page 496.