Chapter 16 External Reporting
16.1 Syslog
Events in various subsystems of your device e.g. PPP) are logged in the form of syslog
messages (system logging messages). The number of messages visible depends on the
level set (eight levels from
Emergency
and
Information
to
Debug
).
In addition to the data logged internally on your device, all information can and should also
be passed to one or more external PCs for storage and processing, e.g. to the system ad-
ministrator’s PC. The syslog messages saved internally on your device are lost when you
reboot.
Warning
Make sure you only pass syslog messages to a safe computer. Check the data regu-
larly and ensure that there is always enough spare capacity available on the hard disk
of your PC.
Syslog Daemon
All Unix operating systems support the recording of syslog messages. For Windows PCs,
the Syslog Demon included in the DIME Tools can record the data and distribute to various
files depending on the contents (see BRICKware for Windows, which can be accessed at
).
16.1.1 Syslog Servers
Configure your device as a syslog server so that defined system messages can be sent to
suitable hosts in the LAN.
In this menu, you define which messages are sent to which hosts and with which condi-
tions.
In the External Reporting -> System Log -> Syslog Servers menu, a list of all configured
system log servers is shown.
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