Directing cidLog Messages to SysLog

Appendix E Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting the Appliance

It might be useful to direct cidLog messages to syslog.

To direct cidLog messages to syslog, follow these steps:

Step 1 Go to the idsRoot/etc/log.conf file.

Step 2 Make the following changes:

a.Set [logApp] enabled=false

Comment out the enabled=true because enabled=false is the default.

b.Set [drain/main] type=syslog

The following example shows the logging configuration file:

timemode=local

;timemode=utc

[logApp]

;enabled=true

;-------- FIFO parameters --------

fifoName=logAppFifo

fifoSizeInK=240

;-------- logApp zone and drain parameters --------

zoneAndDrainName=logApp

fileName=main.log

fileMaxSizeInK=500

[zone/Cid]

severity=warning

drain=main

[zone/IdsEventStore]

severity=debug

drain=main

[drain/main]

type=syslog

The syslog output is sent to the syslog facility local6 with the following correspondence to syslog message priorities:

LOG_DEBUG,		//	debug
LOG_INFO,			//	timing
LOG_WARNING,	//		warning
LOG_ERR,			//	error
LOG_CRIT			//	fatal

Note Make sure that your /etc/syslog.conf has that facility enabled at the proper priority.

Caution The syslog is much slower than logApp (about 50 messages per second as opposed to 1000 or so). We recommend that you enable debug severity on one zone at a time.

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Cisco Systems IPS4520K9 manual Directing cidLog Messages to SysLog

Models: IPS4520K9

Directing cidLog Messages to SysLog

IPS4520K9 specifications