Someone recently asked me if Microsoft’s Log Parser application could be used as a syslog agent. To be honest, I had not heard of the…
Sending NetFlow over Syslog
How do you collect NetFlow events over the syslog protocol so you can analysis them with a tool like Log Insight? That is the question…
Syslog Agents on Windows
In order to send events from a Windows device to a remote syslog server like Log Insight, you need a syslog agent. Windows does not…
Syslog Agents on Linux
In order to send events from a Linux device to a remote syslog server like Log Insight, you need a syslog agent. Most Linux operating…
Configuring Logging on Enterprise Applications
Logging is important for any device, but often considered critical for enterprise applications. One issue with configuring logging on enterprise applications is determining how to…
Remote Syslog Architecture Considerations
When architecting any syslog solution several things need to be taken into consideration. Outside of requirements, I would like to discuss some of the technical…
Logrotate Limitations Revisited
The more I use logrotate the less I like it. If you recall from my previous post on logrotate, I choose to leverage the copytruncate…
Logrotate Limitations
I having been working on a syslog architecture and one key component to the architect was leveraging log rotate for all log files. One section…