Enable System Log:
This field is to enable or disable the System Logs.
Location:
Specifies the Location for system logs, whether it should be preserved in a
Local Log
or on a
Remote
Log
.
Note:
Local file resides at /var/log/
File Size:
This field is to specify the size of the file in bytes if the selected log type is local.
Note:
Size ranges from 3 to 65535. Log files are rotated when they grow bigger than size bytes mentioned, with
regards for the last rotation time interval (1 minute).
Rotate Count:
To back up the log information in back up files.
Note:
Values supported are 0 and 1.
When log information exceeds the file size, the old log information is automatically moved to back up files based on
the rotate count value. If rotate count is zero, then old log information gets cleared permanently.
File Size and Rotate Count options will be available only when Local Log is enabled.
Remote Log Server:
This field is to specify the Remote server address to log the system events.
Note:
Server address will support the following:
IPv4 address format.
FQDN (Fully qualified domain name) format.
Remote Server Port:
This field is to specify the Remote Server port address to log the system events.
Note:
Remote Log Server and Remote Server Port options will be available only when Remote Log is enabled.
Enable Audit Log:
To enable or disable the audit log.
Save:
To save the current changes.
Procedure
1. In the
System Log
field, enable or disable the option.
2. Select the
Log type
: Local Log or Remote Log.
3. If Local log is selected, enter the file size in the
File Size
field and rotate count in the
Rotate Count
field.
Note:
If Remote log is selected, the fields file size and rotate count need not be mentioned.
4. If remote log is selected specify the
Server Address
of the remote server, where the system events are
logged.
5. In the
Audit Log
field, check or uncheck the
Enable
option as desired.
6. Click
Save
to save the changes.
Steps to configure the remote server to enable syslogging
Note:
This example uses FC13 as the remote machine to log syslog.
On FC machine, disable the following lines for UDP in /etc/rsyslog.conf:
1. MODLOAD imudp
2. UDPSERVER 514
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