Troubleshooting Guide

Parameter Description
Enable Enables or disables the sending of messages to the
syslog host. The default is disabled.
SecureForwardingMode Specifies the mode in which the syslog messages
are securely forwarded. The supported values are
ssh, tls, and none. The default is none, which means
that secure forwarding is disabled.
TcpPort Specifies the TCP port to use for secure forwarding
for a particular host. The default is 1024.
Configuring secure forwarding
Configuring secure forwarding includes setting the mode for the particular syslog host and setting
the TCP port through which the logs are sent to the syslog server.
Procedure
1. Enter Global Configuration mode:
enable
configure terminal
2. Create the syslog host:
syslog host <1–10>
Use the no operator before this parameter, that is, no syslog host to delete a host
instance.
3. Configure an IP address for the syslog host:
syslog host <1–10> address WORD<0–46>
4. Enable the syslog host:
syslog host <1–10> enable
5. Enable syslog globally:
syslog enable
6. Set the mode for secure forwarding on the host:
syslog host <1–10> secure-forwarding mode [none] | [ssh] | [tls
server-cert-name WORD<1-64>]
7. Set the TCP port:
syslog host <1–10> secure-forwarding tcp-port <1025–49151>
8. Display the secure forwarding configured values:
Log configuration using ACLI
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