Central Syslog Server
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1. In the IT-Conductor main menu, navigate to Dashboards > Administrator.
2. In the Administrator dashboard, locate the "Central Syslog Servers" panel. You will be redirected to a page similar to the one below. Click to start adding a Syslog Server.
Note: Make sure you do not attempt to create a Syslog Server on the same Gateway with the same port number. You will encounter a duplicate error.
4. A pop-up message will confirm that the Syslog Server has been created successfully. Click OK to complete the process.
5. The newly added server will appear in the "Syslog Servers" panel.
You can configure various computing and network nodes to report Syslog messages to the central Syslog server. Here are the instructions for Linux machines, for other types of nodes please refer to the relevant documentation resources.
1. Login with a privileged account (or sudo) and edit the Syslog configuration file /etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf (SLES) or /etc/rsyslog.conf (RHEL).
2. Uncomment the relevant line (TCP or UDP) and replace remote-host with the address of the Central Syslog Server.
UDP Example:
TCP Example:
3. Save the file.
4. Restart the rsyslog service.
5. Verify the Syslog forwarding is functioning:
The log message hello world should now appear in the IT-Conductor Central Syslog Server.
3. In the "New Syslog Server' wizard screen, fill out all the necessary information. Once completed, click to add the system.
