Vendor - Syslog-ng¶
Product - syslog-ng loggen¶
| Ref | Link |
|---|---|
| Product Manual | https://www.syslog-ng.com/technical-documents/doc/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.26/administration-guide/96#loggen.1 |
Sourcetypes¶
| sourcetype | notes |
|---|---|
| syslogng:loggen | By default, loggen uses the legacy BSD-syslog message format. BSD example: loggen --inet --dgram --number 1 <ip> <port>RFC5424 example: loggen --inet --dgram -PF --number 1 <ip> <port>Refer to above manual link for more examples. |
Index Configuration¶
| key | index | notes |
|---|---|---|
| syslogng_loggen | main | none |
Filter type¶
MSG Parse: This filter parses message content
Options¶
| Variable | default | description |
|---|---|---|
| SC4S_LISTEN_SYSLOGNG_LOGGEN_TCP_PORT | empty string | Enable a TCP port for this specific vendor product using a comma-separated list of port numbers |
| SC4S_LISTEN_SYSLOGNG_LOGGEN_UDP_PORT | empty string | Enable a UDP port for this specific vendor product using a comma-separated list of port numbers |
| SC4S_ARCHIVE_SYSLOGNG_LOGGEN | no | Enable archive to disk for this specific source |
| SC4S_DEST_SYSLOGNG_LOGGEN_HEC | no | When Splunk HEC is disabled globally set to yes to enable this specific source |
Verification¶
An active device will generate frequent events. Use the following search to validate events are present per source device
index=main sourcetype="syslogng:loggen"| stats count by host