ample Exam question:- You are a System
administrator. Using Log files very easy to monitor the system. Now
there are 40 servers running as Mail, Web, Proxy, DNS services etc. Your
task is to centralize the logs from all servers into on LOG Server. How
will you configure the LOG Server to accept logs from remote host ?
The syslogd daemon manages all the logs on your system and coordinates with any of the logging operations of other systems on your network. Configuration information for syslogd is held in the /etc/syslog.conf file, which contains the names and locations for your system log files.
By Default system accept the logs only generated from local host. In this example we will configure a log server and will accept logs from client side.
For this example we are using two systems one linux server one linux clients . To complete these per quest of log server Follow this link
basic network configurations Example and Implementations ip configurations hosts files portmap xinetd services
We suggest you to review that article before start configuration of log
server. Once you have completed the necessary steps follow this guide.
Check syslog, portmap, xinetd service in system service it should be on
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Syslog Server on Cent-OS-6 or RHEL 6
Answer with Explanation
An important part of maintaining a secure system is keeping track of the activities that take place on the system. If you know what usually happens, such as understanding when users log into your system, you can use log files to spot unusual activity. You can configure what syslogd records through the /etc/syslog.conf configuration file.The syslogd daemon manages all the logs on your system and coordinates with any of the logging operations of other systems on your network. Configuration information for syslogd is held in the /etc/syslog.conf file, which contains the names and locations for your system log files.
By Default system accept the logs only generated from local host. In this example we will configure a log server and will accept logs from client side.
For this example we are using two systems one linux server one linux clients . To complete these per quest of log server Follow this link
basic network configurations Example and Implementations ip configurations hosts files portmap xinetd services
- A linux server with ip address 192.168.0.254 and hostname Server
- A linux client with ip address 192.168.0.1 and hostname Client1
- Updated /etc/hosts file on both linux system
- Running portmap and xinetd services
- Firewall should be off on server
Check syslog, portmap, xinetd service in system service it should be on
Details:-Click Here
Syslog Server on Cent-OS-6 or RHEL 6