Creating a Syslog Server Policy
You can add a Syslog Server profile at multiple venues.
Complete the following steps to create a Syslog Server policy:
- Add the Syslog Server service to your tenant account. From the navigation bar, select Network Control > Service Catalog. Alternatively, you can select Network Control > My Services, then click Add Service.
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Find the Syslog Server
tile and click Add.
The Add Syslog Server page is displayed.
Add Syslog Server
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Complete the following
fields:
- Policy Name: Enter a unique name for the Syslog Server profile.
- Configure the following
Primary Server settings:
- Server
Address: Enter the IP address of the primary
Syslog Server to which the syslog messages must be sent.Note: The Server Address fields support both IPv4 and IPv6 address formats.
- Port: Enter the server port number to which the messages must be forwarded.
- Protocol: Select the UDP or TCP protocol.
- Server
Address: Enter the IP address of the primary
Syslog Server to which the syslog messages must be sent.
- Configure the following
Secondary Server settings:
- Server
Address: (Optional) Enter the IP address of the
secondary Syslog Server to which the syslog messages must be
sent if the primary server goes down.Note: The Server Address fields support both IPv4 and IPv6 address formats.
- Port: Enter the server port number to which the messages must be forwarded.
- Protocol: Select the UDP or TCP protocol.
- Server
Address: (Optional) Enter the IP address of the
secondary Syslog Server to which the syslog messages must be
sent if the primary server goes down.
- Event Facility: Select the facility level for the outgoing syslog messages that specifies the process which created the syslog message. Options include: Keep Original, 0 (kernel messages), 1 (user-level messages), 2 (mail system), 3 (system daemons), 4 (authorization messages), 5 (messages generated by syslog), 6 (line printer subsysem), and 7 (network news subsystem).
- Send Logs: Choose to send the General Logs, Client Logs, or All Logs.
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Click Next.
The Scope page is displayed.
- Select one or more venues by clicking the checkbox next to the venue name, and then click Activate or Deactivate, or toggle the switch on in the Activate for Wi‑Fi column to enable or disable syslog for the selected venues.
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Click Next.
The Summary page is displayed.
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Review the summary and click
Add.
The new Syslog Server is created and displayed in the Syslog Server page.