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Guidelines
For all log types, use the event command to specify log contents.
Cache logs require no configuration beyond the identification of the logging type.
You can, however, optionally use the format, size, and timestamp commands to
customize log behavior.
v For a console log, no additional configuration is required. You can, however,
v For a file-based log, you must specify the name of the log file with the local-file
v For an SMTP-based log, you must use the local-addr and remote-addr
v For a SOAP-based log, you must use the url command to specify the recipient of
v For a system log, you must use the remote-addr command to specify a remote IP
Refer to the Global sslforwarder command for information on enabling the
transmission of syslog-ng events via a secure SSL connection.
Related Commands
email-address, facility, interval, local-address, local-file, local-ident,
remote-address, rotate, size, sslforwarder (Global)
upload-method
Specifies the protocol to upload a file-based log to a remote storage site.
Syntax
upload-method {ftp | scp | sftp | smtp}
Parameters
ftp
optionally use the format and timestamp commands to customize log behavior.
command. You can optionally use the size command to specify the file size (in
kilobytes), the rotate command to specify the number of file rotations, the
backup command to specify a backup log, the format command to specify the
log format, the timestamp command to specify the timestamp method, the sign
and encrypt commands to sign and encrypt logs, the archive-mode,
upload-method, local-ident, remote-addr, email-addr, and sender-addr
commands to specify an archival and retrieval method.
commands to specify source and destination IP addresses and the email-addr
command to specify a destination email address. You can optionally use the
rate-limit command to control event message flow, the local-port and
remote-port commands to identify nonstandard source or destination ports, the
sender-addr command to specify a pseudo recipient email address, the
local-ident command to specify a local identifier, the backup command to
specify a backup log, the format command to specify the log format, and the
sign and encrypt commands to sign and encrypt logs.
SOAP-enveloped log events and use the rate-limit command to throttle the
event flow. You may optionally use the backup command to specify a backup
log.
address. You may optionally use the remote-port command to specify a
nonstandard destination port number, the local-addr and local-port commands
to specify a specific local interface used for syslog transmissions, the local-ident
command to specify a local identifier, and the facility command to identify the
syslog facility.
Identifies the File Transfer Protocol.
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