How to Forward Config Logs to Syslog Server

Details

Forwarding config logs to a syslog server requires two steps:

1. Create a syslog server profile
2. Configure the config logs to use the Syslog server profile to forward the logs.

Syslog server profile

Go to Device > Server Profiles > Syslog:

• Name: Name of the syslog server
• Server : Server ip-address where the logs will be forwarded to
• Port: Default port 514
• Facility: To be elected from the drop down according to the requirements.

Config log settings

• Go to Device > Log settings > Config
• Select the syslog server profile that was created in the above step for the desired log-severity.

• Once the server profile is selected, the config log settings for syslog server will appear as follows:

• Commit the configuration.

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