Re: [AFMUG] easy logging server

[Jesse DuPont]

I've found The Dude (from MikroTik) be a decent quick and dirty syslog server. You can setup log rotation, use REGEX strings to have certain log entries go to different files, even receive TXT or email messages when certain critical words show up log entries. For example, whenever an SM connects to an AP, that's getting logged to an "SM Auths" log file. Likewise, PPPoE authentications are getting logged to their own log file. OSPF and router logins are each their own file. That leaves the default log file as the catch all. Certain OSPF events warrant a text message and the Dude can do that. Caveat: I have seen where the dude doesn't always save all the Syslog rules during reboots. I keep a screen shot of the rules as a backup. Lame, I know, but I don't have to reboot it much so it's only mildly inconvenient. There other platforms that are more flexible. Everything you can do on the Dude can be done with rsyslog on Linux, just no click GUI to set it up. I'd say Splunk is maybe one of the king daddy log processors, but the fancy stuff costs money. Jesse DuPont Network Architect email: jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net Celerity Networks LLC Celerity Broadband LLC Like us! facebook.com/celeritynetworksllc Like us! facebook.com/celeritybroadband On 6/14/16 9:06 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: what is an easy server to set up and get reports from for catching logs. I set everything on centOS and dont know how to write simple scripts. Looking for something I can point the 60 billion devices we only need to look at logs on once every el nino and otherwise will forget about. If there is a good webmin based module that would just tickle me like a fresh kitten -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.