Comments on: How to Create a Centralized Log Server with Rsyslog in CentOS/RHEL 7

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:06:45 +0000

In reply to Reader.

You could test that it works by configuring a device on your network to send its logs to the newly configured Syslog server. Lots of things can go wrong, misconfiguration, firewall, a bug in the software, bad routing between the sending and receiving devices, corrupted packet, etc. and any trouble-shooting would be based on the problem being presented. I think that much information would be best suited for a separate article.

By: Reader

Reader — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 18:05:52 +0000

This article falls flat because it lacks any test procedure. How can the administrator run some command-line program to generate a Syslog message and show that it was received by rsyslogd? What can go wrong, and how does one diagnose the problem?

By: robert a

robert a — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:49:58 +0000

Is there a difference in the configuration file between ipv6 and ipv4?

It only works for me in Ipv4.

By: c

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:58:17 +0000

In reply to Red Cricket.

Setup a firewall to allow only the addresses or address range to send logging messages on that port.

By: Asim Khan

Asim Khan — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:32:49 +0000

Very useful article, short and simple to understand.

thanks!!