Add a Syslog Listener

1. Go to Listener > Syslog Listener then, click the Add (+) button located in the upper right corner.

2. You will get the fields as follows.

Refer to the following table to understand the fields in the above screen.

FieldsDescription

Name

A label or name that is assigned to a listener.

Trigger

You may want to assign the servers to a custom Trigger if target server is in an Isolated network or if you want to setup a scalable infrastructure. You will only see available Triggers in this field.

Authentication Protocol

· TCP: Transmission Control Protocol is a connection-oriented protocol that provides reliable and ordered delivery of data, making it suitable for applications such as file transfers and web browsing.

· UDP: User Datagram Protocol, on the other hand, is a connectionless protocol that offers low-latency, but lacks reliability mechanisms, making it suitable for real-time applications like video streaming and online gaming.

Log Interval

The interval for fetching data.

· Realtime

· 1 Minute

· 3 Minutes

· 5 Minutes

IP Address

The numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network is called an "IP address." An IP address is typically represented in the format XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, where each "XXX" is a number ranging from 0 to 255, and the "XX" is a similar two-digit number. IP addresses are used to uniquely identify and locate devices on a network.

Port Number

A specific endpoint for data exchange between two devices or applications within a network.

Forwarding Address

The forwarding address for syslog is the destination where syslog messages are sent for centralized logging. It can be an IP address or hostname of a server running syslog software or a syslog collector that aggregates log messages from multiple sources in a network.

Status

To choose a server status such as:

· Active: Enables monitoring for server

· Maintenance: Enables maintenance mode for server and disables all notifications

· Reconnect: Restarts all collectors for server

· Disabled: Disables monitoring for server

Debug

To choose debug such as:

· Off

· On: Collects debug logs for Inventory and Monitoring Collector

3. After entering all the required info, click the button SUBMIT.

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