User`s guide

Pipeline System Administration
Configuring administration options
8-6 Preliminary January 30, 1998 Pipeline User’s Guide
90-C00 Mod Config
Log...
Syslog=Yes
Log Host=206.65.212.205
Log Port=514
Log Facility=Local0
2
Turn on Syslog.
3
Specify the IP address of the host running the Syslog daemon.
The host running a Syslog daemon is typically a UNIX host, but it may also
be a Windows system. If the log host is not on the same subnet as the
Pipeline, the Pipeline must have a route to that host, either via RIP or a static
route.
Note:
Do not configure the Pipeline to send reports to a syslog host that can
only be reached by a dial-up connection. That would cause the Pipeline to
dial the log host for every logged action, including hang ups.
4
Select Log Port and type the port number at which you want the Syslog host
to listen for messages from this Pipeline.
The default port is port 514.
5
Set the log facility level.
This parameter is used to flag messages from the Pipeline. After you set a
log facility number, you need to configure the Syslog daemon to write all
messages containing that facility number to a particular log file. (That will
be the Pipeline log file.)
6
Close the Ethernet profile.
To configure the Syslog daemon, you need to modify /etc/syslog.conf on the log
host. This file specifies which action the daemon will perform when it receives
messages from a particular log facility number (which represents the Pipeline).
For example, if you set Log Facility to Local5 in the Pipeline, and you want to
log its messages in /var/log/Pipeline, add this line to /etc/syslog.conf:
local5.info<tab>/var/log/Pipeline
Note:
The Syslog daemon must reread /etc/syslog.conf after it has been
changed.