User guide

Configuring Logging
80 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge
Logging to a Syslog Host
Syslog is a logging interface, originally developed for UNIX, but now
used by a number of computer systems. This option sends the Fire-
box® X Edge log messages to a syslog host. If you already maintain a
syslog host, you can set the Firebox to send log messages to that
host.
Follow these steps to configure a syslog host:
1 Type the IP address of the trusted network in your browser
window to connect to the System Status page of the Firebox X
Edge.
The default IP address is: https://192.168.111.1
2 From the navigation bar at left, select Logging => Syslog
Logging.
The Syslog Logging page appears.
3 Select the Enable syslog output checkbox.
4 Next to Address of syslog host, type the IP address of the
computer running syslog.
5 (Optional) Select the Include local time in syslog message
checkbox if you want to include the local time from your
computer in the syslog messages.
6 Click Submit.
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Because syslog traffic is not encrypted, syslog messages that are
sent through the Internet decrease the security of the trusted
network. Use a VPN tunnel to increase the security of syslog
message traffic. If the syslog messages are sent through a VPN
tunnel, the data is encrypted with IPSec technology.