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Forwarding logs to external server
Our devices runs rsyslog for log managing. Here we describe how to configure additional rules for rsyslog
daemon: rsyslogd. This is only a brief excerpt from rsyslog manual website. Full information is available at:
http://www.rsyslog.com/
Rsyslogd configuration is managed using a configuration file located at /etc/rsyslog.conf
• Forwarding all logs to external server (using TCP port)
At the bottom of the configuration file add:
*.* @@server_ip_address:port
eg.
*.* @@192.168.0.199:10514
• Forwarding all logs to external server (using UDP port)
At the bottom of the configuration file add:
*.* @server_ip_address:port
eg.
*.* @192.168.0.199:10514
• SSL-encryption of your log traffic: please have a look at this article:
http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/v8-stable/tutorials/tls_cert_summary.html