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© Virtual Access 2018
GW1000 Series User Manual
Issue: 2.3
Page 74 of 463
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System settings
The system section contains settings that apply to the most basic operation of the
system, such as the host name, time zone, logging details, NTP server, language and
style.
The host name appears in the top left hand corner of the interface menu bar. It also
appears when you open a Telnet or SSH session.
Note: this document shows no host name in screen shots. Throughout the document we
use the host name ‘VA_router’.
The system configuration contains a logging section for the configuration of a Syslog
client.
10.1
Syslog overview
Most syslog settings appear in the main System Configuration page.
Syslog messages have a timestamp, source facility, priority, and message section. Often
the message section begins with an optional tag identifying the usermode program name
and process ID responsible for the message.
Messages can be stored locally and also forwarded remotely. Separate filter options
apply to each case. At a broad level, you can set the minimum severity level for local
and remote targets; only messages with a priority more severe than the configured level
will be recorded.
Kernel messages are recorded separately in their own buffer. However, for convenience,
these are copied to the system log automatically so that a unified system log is
available.
In addition, you can also define filter rules to determine how particular log messages are
handled. For example, you may decide that certain debug messages are directed into
their own log file, to avoid cluttering up the main system log, and to save bandwidth if
delivering to a remote syslog server. You can define filters to be applied to local and
remote targets, or both. A filter matches specific log messages and then determines an
action for them.
10.2
Configuration package used
Package
Sections
system
main
syslog_fillter
timeserver