Configuring the Primary Syslog Server Address

The device sends the Syslog messages to the Syslog server's address.

● The Syslog IP address configuration described in this section is also used for the CDR server, unless you have configured a dedicated address for the CDR server (see Enabling CDR Generation and Configuring CDR Server Address).
● The Syslog port number and transport protocol configuration described in this section also applies to the CDR server.
● In addition to the primary syslog server (configured in this section), you can configure secondary syslog servers (see Configuring Secondary Syslog Servers).
➢ To configure the Syslog server address:
1. Open the Logging Settings page (Troubleshoot menu > Troubleshoot tab > Logging folder > Logging Settings).
2. In the 'Syslog Server IP' field [SyslogServerIP], enter the IP address or FQDN of the Syslog server.
3. In the 'Syslog Server Port' field, enter the port of the Syslog server. If communication with the Syslog server is through the device's WAN interface, the Syslog server can be configured with an IPv6 address.

4. From the 'Syslog Protocol' drop-down list, select the transport protocol. By default, the device uses the UDP transport protocol for communication with the Syslog server. You can change this to TCP or TLS.

5. If you selected TLS as the transport protocol in the previous step, you need to select a TLS Context (Configuring TLS Certificate Contexts) from the 'Syslog TLS Context' drop-down list:

Only the root certificate of the selected TLS Context is used (and not the other TLS Context parameters such as 'TLS Version').

6. Click Apply.