Server Syslog Configuration
This section describes how to send OVOC server Operating System (OS)-related syslog EMERG events to the system console and other OVOC server OS related messages to a designated external server.
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To send EMERG event to the syslog console and other events to an external server: |
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From the Diagnostics menu, choose Server Syslog, and then press Enter. |
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To send EMERG events to the system console, type y, press Enter, and then confirm by typing y again. |
Syslog Configuration
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You are prompted to forward messages to an external server, type y, and then press Enter. The OVOC server is rebooted. |
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Type one of the following Facilities from the list (case-sensitive) or select the wildcard * to select all facilities in the list, and then press Enter: |
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auth and authpriv: for authentication; |
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cron: Task scheduling services, cron and atd |
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daemon: affects a daemon without any special classification (DNS, NTP, etc.) |
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lpr: printing subsystem messages |
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mail: e-mail subsystem messages |
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news: Usenet subsystem message (especially from an NNTP — Network News Transfer Protocol — server that manages newsgroups); |
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syslog: syslogd server messages |
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user: user messages (generic) |
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uucp: messages from the UUCP server (Unix to Unix Copy Program, an old protocol notably used to distribute e-mail messages); |
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local0 to local7: reserved for local use. |
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Each message is also associated with a Severity or priority level. Type one of the following severities (in decreasing order) and then press Enter: |
Syslog Severities
For the selected facilities, indicates one of the following:
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emerg: Indicates an emergency situation, the system is most likely unusable. |
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alert: Indicates that an action must be taken immediately. |
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crit: Indicates that conditions are critical. |
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err: Indicates an error. |
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warn: Indicates a warning (potential error). |
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notice: Indicates that conditions are normal, however, the message is important. |
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info: An informative message. |
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debug: A debugging message. |
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Type the external server Hostname or IP address of the Syslog server. |
Syslog Hostname
The example Message forwarding configuration is shown below.
