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Setup Remote Syslog on Cisco

Posted on April 18, 2023 by admin

First we need to drop into configuration mode

conf t

Now we run the following command. Change ip-address to the address of you remote syslog server.

logging host ip-address

You will want to make sure that your time/timezone is correct.

Change UTC and 0 to your your timezone and how many hours off UTC you are. For example for EST you would do EST -5

clock timezone UTC 0

Here are just the commands

terminal config
logging on
logging logserveraddress
clock timezone UTC 0
quit
wr

Posted on December 28, 2021 by admin

Edit the rsyslog file

sudo vi /etc/rsyslog.conf

add the following. Change out the IP address for your remote syslog server IP address.

The syntax for this has changes. Newer recommended way is

*.*  action(type="omfwd" target="192.0.10.5" port="514" protocol="tcp"

Old Syntax

## rsyslog Server
*.*     @10.0.10.5:514

Restart the rsyslog service and check your remote log server.

systemctl restart rsyslog

If you are having issues viewing logs in LibreNMS, try adding the hostname in the /etc/rsyslog.conf file

$LocalHostName server.hostname.com