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Oct 19, 2015

How to add syslog server on F5s that are running v4.5.12

Hello,   What would be the appropriate procedure to add syslog servers on F5s that are running v4.5.12 ? I did not find any article for that so far. Would that be the same procedure as described...
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Looks like the only way here is by editing the /etc/syslog.conf file. Anyone have experience in that ?

 

I believe I will need to add IP's the following ways: - for example for bigip related messages (except bigd and sod messages):

 

BIG-IP facilities All bigip related messages go to this file except bigd and sod messages, which are local1 messages, and proxyd messages, which are local3.

local0.* /var/log/bigip local0.* @x.x.x.x local0.* @y.y.y.y local0.* @z.z.z.z

 

Kind regards, Frederik

 

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Oct 23, 2015
Hi Patrick, FYI, I managed to do this change successfully. Steps to follow are: 1. Back up the current syslog.conf file: cp /etc/syslog.conf /etc/syslog-backup.conf 2. edit the syslog.conf file (add the necessary remote syslog IP's) with vi 3 save the new syslog.conf file ( :wq! ) 4 make sure the routing for the new syslog servers is OK. If needed: route add -net