Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a System
Using Distributed Systems Administration Utilities
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Figure 3-3 illustrates the configuration on the log consolidation server.
Figure 3-3 syslog-ng Log Consolidator Configuration
1. The syslog-ng server reads the incoming log data from the UDP or
TCP connected clients. Note: gray arrows indicate a read operation;
black arrows, a write.
2. The grey area is identical to the client configuration in Figure 3-2,
“syslog-ng Log-Forwarding Configuration.” In terms of the local
system, syslog-ng acts as client and is processing locally forwarded
syslog messages and clog_tail messages.
3. The syslog-ng server processes all messages and filters them into
the appropriate consolidated log files. In this specific example, the
administrator has created a filesystem named “/clog” to house the