Syslog Management
Manage your syslog messages from a central location
Improve your IT environment with syslog management
Searching for logs from individual devices while troubleshooting network issues can be a frustrating and time-consuming process. SolarWinds® Kiwi Syslog® Server NG software simplifies syslog management and network troubleshooting by providing a central location where you can store, view, and filter lots from your network devices.
The Kiwi Syslog Server NG can send you alerts, run scripts, or forward logs if it receives a triggering syslog message, enabling faster troubleshooting.
Beyond offering script customization capabilities, Kiwi Syslog Server NG enables you to customize your environment with console display and message highlighting options. You can set up custom schedules to automatically archive your logs to help demonstrate compliance and clean up your archives once the retaining period is over, saving you time and stress.
Minimize downtime and ensure optimal performance by engaging in SNMP traps management
Many of your network’s essential systems likely rely on SNMP traps, so having the ability to monitor and manage SNMP traps is essential for every organization. Carefully monitoring and managing SNMP traps enables you to detect and react to issues quickly, minimizing downtime and helping ensure optimal performance. For example, SNMP traps can provide insight into network performance, device status, and device identity.
The Kiwi Syslog Server NG software is designed to gather SNMP traps from across your network to a centralized location. With its intuitive user dashboard, you can monitor SNMP traps in real time to detect and resolve performance issues quickly. Kiwi Syslog Server NG also streamlines SNMP trap management by enabling you to create and customize scheduled tasks like archiving logs, compressing files, or performing cleanups.
You can also configure Kiwi Syslog Server NG to take specific actions, such as sending an email notification, forwarding an event log, or running a script in response to SNMP traps by customizing the actions associated with Windows SNMP trap receiver rules.
Stay on top of your logs with Windows Event Log management
In addition to configuring Kiwi Syslog Server NG to collect syslog and SNMP traps from devices across your network, you can centralize your Windows events to monitor your Windows workstations and servers. Use the Event Log Forwarder for Windows, a free SolarWinds tool, to send Windows event logs to Kiwi Syslog Server NG, where you can filter or store them as well as receive alerts.
You can set up Event Log Forwarder for Windows to automatically send events with IDs, users, or keywords to Kiwi Syslog Server NG using Transmission Control Protocols (TCP) or User Datagram Protocols (UDP). You can also send events based on computer or event source, so you receive the exact Windows event logs you need.
Quickly find, archive, and react to syslog messages
Not only can Kiwi Syslog Server NG collect syslog messages in a centralized location, but it also offers archival, filtering, and alerting functionalities, making it an ideal tool for syslog management.
Devices and servers across your network create countless logs each day, and Kiwi Syslog Server NG simplifies syslog management. Instead of manually reviewing thousands of logs to find signs of problems or malicious behaviors, use Kiwi Syslog Server’s advanced filtering. With Kiwi Syslog Server NG, you can quickly find crucial syslog messages based on priority, time of day, hostname, or host IP address. Kiwi Syslog Server NG can alert you when logs meet predefined criteria and perform scheduled, automated archiving and cleanups to help you demonstrate compliance.
Discover automated syslog management benefits
When it comes to maintaining device and network health, acting quickly in response to IT events can help you stop problems in their tracks. Using a syslog manager with the ability to automatically notify you of issues and act is one of the best things you can do for your network devices’ health.
In Kiwi Syslog Server NG, you can configure specific syslog messages to trigger actions automatically. For example, Kiwi Syslog Server NG can automatically run scripts or external programs, forward messages, send email alerts, trigger reports, or log a message to an ODBC database or file if it receives a syslog message that meets your predefined criteria. This syslog management tool can help you demonstrate compliance with PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, and other compliance policies with automated log archival and cleanup functionalities.
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As an administrator, systems analyst, or DevOps team member, capturing log data should be one of your top priorities. The information contained in log data can not only help you ensure your systems are functioning properly but can also enable you to better serve your users and troubleshoot issues more efficiently.
The standard for exchanging log information, syslog simplifies the process of transporting and collecting log data in a centralized location, enabling you to analyze and understand your data better. Used by computers, other network devices, and applications to transport messages and logs central location for logging and storage, syslog protocol has been a popular and straightforward logging method since its introduction in the 1980s.
Syslog consists of three layers, each with a different function. The transport layer is responsible for sending the message over a network, while the application layer creates, routes, interprets, and stores the message. As the name implies, the content layer contains the content (or the data) of the message, including standard information like severity levels or facility codes.
Log servers use listeners to collect syslog data over a UDP port and then store the data in a database for future reference.
While syslog messages weren’t standardized for decades, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standardized syslog in 2009. Today, syslog messages follow the standard format, which includes:
- A header: The header contains the timestamp, process ID, message ID, hostname, application, priority, and version.
- Structured data: Data blocks can be found in the key-value pairs, allowing for quick parsing and interpretation.
- A message: Log messages should be UTF-8 encoded, but the message content is flexible.
As an administrator, systems analyst, or DevOps team member, capturing log data should be one of your top priorities. The information contained in log data can not only help you ensure your systems are functioning properly but can also enable you to better serve your users and troubleshoot issues more efficiently.
The standard for exchanging log information, syslog simplifies the process of transporting and collecting log data in a centralized location, enabling you to analyze and understand your data better. Used by computers, other network devices, and applications to transport messages and logs central location for logging and storage, syslog protocol has been a popular and straightforward logging method since its introduction in the 1980s.
Syslog consists of three layers, each with a different function. The transport layer is responsible for sending the message over a network, while the application layer creates, routes, interprets, and stores the message. As the name implies, the content layer contains the content (or the data) of the message, including standard information like severity levels or facility codes.
Log servers use listeners to collect syslog data over a UDP port and then store the data in a database for future reference.
While syslog messages weren’t standardized for decades, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standardized syslog in 2009. Today, syslog messages follow the standard format, which includes:
- A header: The header contains the timestamp, process ID, message ID, hostname, application, priority, and version.
- Structured data: Data blocks can be found in the key-value pairs, allowing for quick parsing and interpretation.
- A message: Log messages should be UTF-8 encoded, but the message content is flexible.
Improve your IT environment with centralized syslog management
Kiwi Syslog Server NG
Manage SNMP traps and Windows Event Logs alongside other syslog messages
Easily collect, archive, and filter logs
Quickly act against IT events
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