Deployment Guide

$ sudo semanage port -a -t syslogd_port_t -p tcp 10514
Restart rsyslog and verify that there are no errors reported in /var/log/messages:
$ sudo service rsyslog restart
$ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
Sep 18 11:46:31 localhost rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="7.4.10"
x-pid="5860" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] exiting on signal 15.
Sep 18 11:46:31 localhost rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="7.4.10"
x-pid="9838" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] start
Step 5: Configure firewall
Add a rule for syslog TCP port to /etc/sysconfig/iptables, in this example the port is 10514
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 10514 -j ACCEPT
Reload iptables:
$ sudo service iptables reload
Step 6: Configure logrotate on the logging server
Create logrotate configuration for Eye logs:
$ sudo vi /etc/logrotate.d/Eyelogs
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