Logging server.

johnleeee · ‎07-02-2007

Hi all,

pls. could someone help me the best free syslog server (Windows and Linux) for collecting the syslog messages from all Cisco

devices like routers, switches, APs, PIXs ?

BR.

jl

Joe Clarke · ‎07-02-2007

I've seen quite a few recommendations for Kiwi on Windows (http://www.kiwisyslog.com/). I'm not a Linux user, but on FreeBSD, the default syslogd works very well. I know some people using syslog-ng (http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog-ng/) on both FreeBSD and Solaris. It handles all device syslog messages just fine, and will also work on Linux.

johnleeee · ‎07-03-2007

Thanks Joe,

so as I understood a lot of people use kiwi and

for Linux default daemon.

Thanks for help.

BR

jl

Joe Clarke · ‎07-03-2007

I'm not sure there is one true default syslogd for Linux. FreeBSD is a complete operating system, so it includes its own syslogd. With Linux, you have numerous distributions that each do their own thing. To play it safe, syslog-ng is a syslog daemon that works on a variety of UNIX operating systems.