Re: Setting up a syslog server

[Xavier Mertens <xavier () rootshell be>]

Hi Robin,

Consider using Syslog over TCP (+ TLS if you can't trust the network - can we? :-)
rsyslog has a nice feature to queue your events when the central rsyslog is not available.

Alternatively, you can use Splunk in distributed mode: collect locally and send to a central Splunk server
(http://blog.rootshell.be/2012/12/22/howto-distributed-splunk-architecture/)

(Splunk may become expensive if >500MB of data processed per day)

/x

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On 07 Jan 2013, at 00:30, Robin Wood <robin () digininja org> wrote:

> On 6 January 2013 21:54, Doug Burks <doug.burks () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Robin,
> >
> > One option would be to install Security Onion and enable ELSA. You'll
> > automatically get syslog-ng and a nice web interface to hunt through your
> > logs.
>
> I might do that as the server side, just need to figure out how to get
> various machines to send all their stuff to it.
>
> Robin
>
> > Thanks,
> > Doug
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, January 6, 2013, Robin Wood wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I'm going to be setting up a syslog server for the first time next week,
> > > can anyone recommended any good guides?
> > >
> > > I know there are quite a few out there but want a good, tested, one.
> > >
> > > Robin
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Doug Burks
> > http://securityonion.blogspot.com
> >
> >
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