Be prepared to many syslog-ng fans answering to you.
I haven't tried it myself, but it seems it can also log to SQL.
Experts will tell you.


Myself I've been proceeding as follows:

1) added "-r" argument to SYSLOGDARGS in /etc/sysconfig/sysklogd 
2) modified /etc/syslog.conf to write down external logs to different
files
  (I have 3 kinds of logs, and every device tag the log w/ a different
"facility")

E.g.

...
# remove local2,local3,local4 from std logging; it is handled elsewhere
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;auth.none;daemon.none;local6.none;local5.
none;local4.none;local2.none;cron.none  /var/log/messages
...
# routers use local2
local2.*
/var/logs/devicelogs/ciscorouter.log
# switches use local3
local3.*
/var/logs/devicelogs/ciscoswitch.log
# pix use local4 (openldap is not used on server side)
local4.*
/var/logs/devicelogs/ciscopix.log
...

Remember that your firewall should tag w/ an appropiate facility to get
catched correctly.

3) setup a proper logrotate.
Look for /etc/logrotate.d for good samples.
What I use is VERY bad written (by me).
This is the most important step.
I get 60 MB/day of logs and I would finish up w/ a full disk, if I would
not make logrotate.
Furthermore, logrotate compress older files, if configured so.


For viewing, I can't suggest you, sorry.
My monitoring system (nmis - www.sins.com.au/nmis) includes a log
viewer, and I use it.


Ivan



> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:04:06 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Christopher Thorjussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Need input on using TSL as logserver
> To: <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> I need to set up a (sys)logserver for at least one firewall 
> and probably some other servers too later on (logfiles from 
> diskless firewall being the primary objective), and I thought 
> I'd ask the list for some input and ideas.
> 
> Right now I've got a server installed with a TSL 2.2 
> (minimal, commonly used local/network packagegroup installed).
> 
> Should I just (try to) configure syslog or is there better 
> solutions available? It would be great if I could have a easy 
> way to view the log files, like through a webserver or 
> another gui app ('I' as in a few less 'tech' people at work)
> 
> /Christopher
> 
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