Log Insight: Syslog Event Forwarder Prefix
The event forwarder feature of Log Insight is powerful for a variety of reasons (several covered in this post). When it comes to event forwarding…
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Log Insight 3.6: Syslog Event Forwarder Tags
Log Insight has featured event forwarding since version 2.5. One thing missing was the ability to apply tags (i.e. metadata) to events forwarded over the…
Log Insight: Server vs. Forwarder
Based on some recent Log Insight conversations, I realized there is some confusion around what the difference is between a Log Insight server and a…
12 Reasons Why You Should Use The Log Insight Forwarder
Now that I have talked about the new forwarding feature in Log Insight 2.5, I would like to discuss why you should consider using it…
Log Insight 4.6: Raw Event Forwarding
Log Insight has supported event forwarding since 3.0. Given the syslog RFC, it was common for Log Insight to add a prefix to log events…
Log Insight Reference Architectures: Large Deployments
I have covered Log Insight reference architectures in the past, but I have received a few inquiries about large Log Insight deployments. In this post,…
Log Insight: Configuring Event Forwarding Between Two Instances Without Creating A Loop
From time to time, I hear about the desire to configure two separate Log Insight instances to forward to one another without creating a loop.…
Log Insight Event Forwarding: Filters Containing Backslashes
I have covered Log Insight event forwarding in the past, but wanted to discuss a potential gotcha when leveraging filters that contain the backslash character.…
Log Insight 4.0: System Notification Enhancements
Many enhancements have been made to system notifications in Log Insight 4.0. Read on to learn more!
Log Insight: API Dropped versus Syslog Dropped
One question I get asked from time to time is why Log Insight has a syslog drop system notification, but it does not have an…