Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)

Configuring syslog on a UNIX or Linux System
You can configure a syslog server on a UNIX or Linux system by adding the following line to the
/etc/syslog.conf file:
facility.level <five tab characters> action
The following table describes the syslog fields that you can configure.
Table 41: syslog Fields in syslog.conf
DescriptionField
Creator of the message, which can be auth, authpriv,
cron, daemon, kern, lpr, mail, mark, news, syslog,
Facility
user, local0 through local7, or an asterisk (*) for all.
These facility designators allow you to control the
destination of messages based on their origin.
Check your configuration before using a
local facility.
Note
Minimum severity level at which messages are
logged, which can be debug, info, notice, warning,
Level
err, crit, alert, emerg, or an asterisk (*) for all. You
can use none to disable a facility.
Destination for messages, which can be a filename,
a host name preceded by the at sign (@), or a
Action
comma-separated list of users or an asterisk (*) for
all logged-in users.
Procedure
Step 1
Log debug messages with the local7 facility in the file /var/log/myfile.log by adding the following line to the
/etc/syslog.conf file:
debug.local7 /var/log/myfile.log
Step 2
Create the log file by entering these commands at the shell prompt:
$ touch /var/log/myfile.log
$ chmod 666 /var/log/myfile.log
Step 3
Make sure the system message logging daemon reads the new changes by checking myfile.log after entering
this command:
$ kill -HUP ~cat /etc/syslog.pid~
Configuring syslog Server Configuration Distribution
You can distribute the syslog server configuration to other switches in the network by using the Cisco Fabric
Services (CFS) infrastructure.
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Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring syslog on a UNIX or Linux System