Re: Send log to Kiwi vs Save in a log file
wluther I do have a follow up question. What syslog level do you setup for L2 & L3 switches or router, espically L3 routers and nexus? Thank you!!
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Re: Send log to Kiwi vs Save in a log file
j_a_catlin I do have a follow up question. What syslog level do you setup for L2 & L3 switches or router, espically L3 routers and nexus? Thank you!!
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Re: Send log to Kiwi vs Save in a log file
I tend to see most systems setup around 4 or 5 depending on how critical the device may be. That way you are getting (4)warning or (5)notice and more urgent syslog messages from the device. You can...
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Does Kiwi Syslog supports installation on Windows Server 2019?
Hi!We're planning to deploy Kiwi Syslog server to one of our customers. The OS standard for them is Windows Server 2019, so I'm wondering if that's ok to install Kiwi Syslog Server to Windows Server...
View ArticleRe: Syslogd_Service.exe crash - out of stack space
I'd like to pull in these stats with SAM to be able to have historical track record and possibly alert on those - has anyone been thinking or done anything like that along the same lines? Are these...
View ArticleRe: Syslogd_Service.exe crash - out of stack space
I'm not sure what SAM is but you can 'export' the stats via a script. You need to get the variable 'Fields.GetDailyStatistics'. Call the script on the schedule you need then parse the results.
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Re: Syslogd_Service.exe crash - out of stack space
This might be the article: Success Center This really isn't balancing, it's just using more than 1 Kiwi server to handle the load. We balance our servers using an F5(we already had it for other...
View ArticleSyslog write to file question
Any idea how I can separate specific ip/devices to write to different folders without the logs getting duplicated to the default folder? I have the default rules and filter setup which displays and...
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Re: Syslog write to file question
On your default rule you can add a complex filter and exclude device names. if it’s more than 7-8 you may want to make the default logging rule the second rule.in this case, create a new rule. Have it...
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Hi,is it possible to store logs in an encrypted way? I read that I can archive it in an encrypted zip file but I think I should do that upstream for legal reasons Thanks
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There isn't any feature of Kiwi Syslog server to do that. You could use Windows OS tools like EFS(Encrypted File System). You could also right-click on the folder and go to Advanced Settings, Encrypt...
View ArticleKiwi Syslog Not Displaying Any Logs
New installation of Kiwi Syslog Service Manager (Free Version 9.6).Test message to localhost works fine but is not receiving syslog messages from remote computer.WireShark shows the syslogs but Kiwi is...
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Re: Syslog write to file question
kstone is correct. Put your most specific rule at the top of the list and have it filter to do the action desired and stop processing the messages. If you do not need that syslog entry handled in...
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That specifically is referring to scheduling the log files to be zipped with the encrypt option selected on it. Having the folder encrypted via EFS so that the files that are in it could be the first...
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Re: Syslog write to file question
Thanks guys. I tried using the stop processing after my action to write the log to file and the rules are the first ones to process but it still didn't work. The Default action is still processing and...
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Syslod Services Stopped
I discovered that one of the server running the Kiwi Syslog has its syslogd service stopped and not taking in logs from other servers. Checking Services.msc 'Kiwi Syslog Server' is still running while...
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Re: Syslogd_Service.exe crash - out of stack space
Parsing text to extract values ?! I was hoping these stats are available over SNMP, PerfMon, WMI, Bash or alike. By the way, SAM is one of the SolarWind's modules for Applications Monitoring, which...
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Additional RAM is unlikely to help Kiwi much but might. Watch the Task Manager for a while to see what the peak usage it. Unless Kiwi is queuing messages it doesn't use a lot of RAM, we average less...
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Are the rules before the default rule working? Are they creating the logs as you configured it? If you have 'Stop Processing' as the last action in the first rule and the default rule still sees the...
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