Syslog server

To manage the Syslog server:

1.Select Syslog server from the Tools tab on the ribbon.

2.Messages detected by the server are displayed in the Syslog Server window. You can choose the period of the displayed data (hour, day, week, month).

3.To configure the server, click the Configure button in the top part of the window.

4.Set the listening port. Mark the Server autostart field, if it should be launched automatically on application startup.

5.In the administration panel of a particular device, give the address and port of the Syslog server to which messages will be sent. It is the address of the nVision server and the port configured in 4.

To define the SysLog message as an action:

1.Select Manage actions from the Tools and options tab on the ribbon.

2.In the Action Definition Wizard window, enter the action name and select Send SysLog message.

3.Fill out the Address and Server port fields and the Syslog message to be sent.

Related topics

Alerting

Actions

To define the SysLog message event:

1.Select Manage events from the Tools and options tab on the ribbon.

2.Enter the event name and select the event type Other / SysLog message. Select Next.

3.In the Event definition wizard window, set the SysLog keywords filter. The event may consider Any Syslog messages or those matching to the keywords. If the second option is chosen, Add keywords to be included in the defined event.

Related topics

Alerting

Events