Litmus Edge Manager event monitoring with external Syslog Servers

overview how to read events with a syslog server from litmus edge manager the solution will provide instructions for two example servers on how to read system events from litmus edge manager note this can differ based on the syslog server your organization does use therefore please refer to your specific syslog servers documentation on how to read events through the syslog over udp protocol requirements to read event messages with an external syslog server does require that such a server is deployed there is no restriction to the syslog server to be used, as long as it does support "syslog over udp" also should the syslog server be able to ingest events send from a linux based server such as ubuntu server this solution will use two syslog servers as examples \ graylog https //graylog org/ \ nagios ls https //www nagios com/products/nagios log server/ note any syslog server capable of ingesting syslog over udp and supporting linux can be used the above two servers are just an example guide to prepare syslog server to receive event messages from litmus edge manager example use case 1 reading events messages with graylog step 1 to add a new input, expend the system menu step 2 select the inputs option step 3 select from the "select input" drop down the syslog udp choice step 4 press the launch new input button step 5 configure the new input according to your companies guidelines important the port used in this example can be different to the port used in your installation please make sure to use the right port for syslog udp protocol note the port defined in this configuration will later be used to setup the syslog integration on litmus edge manager step 6 press the launch input button step 7 the new input will be launched and is ready to receive events from lem if in the state running step 8 continue with the chapter how to prepare the litmus edge manager for syslog integration https //public docs litmus io/solutions/litmus edge manager event monitoring with external syslog servers#ywlg1 example use case 2 reading events messages with nagios ls step 1 to add a new log source press the + add log source button step 2 select as source linux , as litmus edge manager is built on ubuntu server step 3 user of litmus edge manager will not have to run any scripts or perform any of the configuration steps described, as this is done through a ui from within the litmus edge manager admin ui but, we will need the port displayed step 4 enter the ip address of your litmus edge manager into the ip address field step 5 (optional) in case that litmus edge manager has been setup prior to setting up the syslog server, the connection can be verified step 6 continue with the chapter how to prepare the litmus edge manager for syslog integration https //public docs litmus io/solutions/litmus edge manager event monitoring with external syslog servers#ywlg1 how to prepare the litmus edge manager for syslog integration this section will provide instructions on how to prepare a litmus edge manager to use the syslog integration requirements a litmus edge manager is setup guide to prepare litmus edge manager for syslog integration note down the ip address of your syslog server as well as the udp port used for the syslog over udp protocol the guide on how to prepare litmus edge manager to use the syslog integration can be viewed in the litmus edge manager syslog https //docs litmus io/edgemanager/syslog documentation important use the ip address and udp port written down previously note a reboot of the litmus edge manager is required !!