Add a Syslog Listener
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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.
| Fields | Description |
|---|---|
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.
