Kiwi Syslog Server Offline Installer
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After installing the permanent license for Kiwi Syslog server the Syslog service will not start. It started without problems when running as the trial version. No errors appear in the Kiwi Syslog error log, but the Windows event viewer shows the following error:
I can't find anything in the Kiwi Syslog documentation about having to login. The OS is Windows 2008 R2. I am starting the Syslog service from Service Manager > Manage, and Service Manager was Run As Administrator.
I have written a perl script to take data from Kiwi, parse out some information and pass it into our Palo Alto UserID agent. It runs fine when I pass the message in on the command line but when I have kiwi run it (so to pull the data from kiwi) it fails with an error:
We are have an issue getting SNMP trap inputs to work on Kiwi v9. We have installed Kiwi on both a WinXP (with SNMP trap service) and Win2k3 Virtual Machine. When collecting syslogs it works fine. However when we configure the SNMP inputs under setup, we get a message stating that it "cannot open snmp listener on port 162"
There was no other SNMP software installed as it suggested that the port is already bound to an interface. We then installed the Solarwinds Engineer's toolset on the VM and used the trap receiver. Once alarms were generated this worked well while Kiwi is still unable to receive the traps.
Finally, we used a standalone laptop and loaded Kiwi. Using the same address as the VM we were able to receive the SNMP traps from the device under test. The platform that Kiwi was loaded onto was WinXP with Trap service installed.
Installed Kiwi Syslog Free version 9.3.4 on Windows Server 2008 R2. Trying to capture syslog from a Cisco ASA 5510. I have confirmed that the syslog events are hitting the server with Wireshark. Nothing is coming through to Kiwi Syslog. Current settings are all default. No filters in place. Not sure what is wrong as I can see the syslog messages coming through Wireshark. Any ideas as to why the syslog messages are not being seen by Kiwi?
syslog_manager.exe 9.4.0.1 will not open correctly on windows 8.1. The process starts and can be seen in task manager, but closes a few second later. No GUI is seen at all not even the splash screen or the notification area icon.
SolarWinds's own Justin Finley just recorded a video tutorial that shows how to split logs into multiple files by IP address and date in Kiwi Syslog Server. Specifically, this syslog server tutorial shows how to store logs in separate folders for each source IP address, and then shows how to keep separate log files for each day within those folders. (e.g., "D:\logs\192.168.000.001\Log2012-07-13.txt")
I am setting up a kiwi syslog server. Running into a problem with the filtering not working the way I would expect. I have used Kiwi but that was several years ago. I have setup a display for a specific switch and have tried several different filter possibilities but still getting syslog messages on the display that dont belong to the switch I am trying to watch.
I have tried a ip address - simple filter with the ip address of the switch "10.1.1.2". On the cisco switch, I have used the command logging source-interface vlan 254 which should send out the syslog messages using the ip address in the simple filter I setup. I have also tried the hostname option with the hostname of the switch "Switch1" but same problem.
However, when I trigger the test alert from the Log Forwarder, I can see where it hits the Kiwi system, it is logged. But no alerts are sent out, no email is generated in the queue. Nothing. Not sure what I am doing wrong. But any help would be appreciated.
What I want to do is exclude an IP AND exclude a partial user name. So in english: I want only messages that do NOT include the IP address of 192.1.3.4 and also do NOT include any user with 'anon' in the name.
I've installed the free version of Kiwi Syslog (I'm a long-time user of CatTools), and am unable to find a setup preference which tells Kiwi how long to retain syslog messages. I don't have unlimited drive space, and only want to keep certain messages for a limited period.
More specifically, need to keep the NAT translation messages from my firewall, so I can track down inappropriate use by students. These messages come at a rate of over 20,000/hr. I only want to keep them for a week.
The access method for a Syslog server depends on your operating system and the specific Syslog server that you chose to install. On Linux, the Syslog server is more likely to be a command line utility. If you have a Linux flavor with a graphical interface, such as Ubuntu, you might be able to have a GUI Syslog server package.\nGUI interfaces are very common for Windows-based Syslog servers. In these cases, the installer may well have created a shortcut icon on your Desktop. If you don\u2019t see it there, click on the Start menu button and search through that list of available programs.\n","author":"@type":"Person","name":"Stephen Cooper","description":"Stephen Cooper has taken a close interest in online security since his thesis on Internet encryption in the early 90s. That formed part of his BSC (Hons) in Computing and Informatics at the University of Plymouth. In those days, encapsulation techniques were just being formulated and Cooper kept an eye on those methodologies as they evolved into the VPN industry. Cooper went on to study an MSC in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Kingston University. He also holds an MSc Advanced Security and Digital Forensics from Edinburgh Napier University.\nCooper worked as a technical consultant, sitting DBA exams and specializing in Oracle Applications. With a long experience as a programmer, Cooper is able to assess systems by breaking into programs and combing through the code. Knowledge of IT development and operations working practices helps him to focus his reviews on the attributes of software that are really important to IT professionals.\nAfter working as an IT consultant across Europe and the USA, he has become adept at explaining complicated technology in everyday terms. He is a people person with an interest in technology\n","url":"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/author\/"}},"@type":"Question","name":"How do I create a Syslog server?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":"@type":"Answer","text":"Syslog is a Linux utility, so it is better to create a Syslog server on a Linux machine:\n\n
- Install syslog-ng, which you can get from here. On Debian, you don\u2019t need to download the utility. Instead type at the command line:\napt-get install syslog-ng\nOn RHEL, enter:\nyum install syslog-ng\n\n
- Locate \/etc\/syslog-ng\/syslog-ng.conf and make a backup of it then edit it. Alter the configuration settings so the options look like:\noptions (off);\r\nflush_lines(10);\r\nuse_dns(persist_only);\r\nuse_fqdn(no);\r\nowner(\"root\");\r\ngroup(\"adm\");\r\nperm(0640);\r\nstats_freq(0);\r\nbad_hostname(\"^gconfd$\");\r\nnormalize_hostnames(yes);\r\nkeep_hostname(yes);\r\n;\n\n
- Create a listener with the flowing line in the configuration file:\nsource s_net \r\ntcp((ip(127.0.0.1) port(1000) max-connections 5000)); udp ();\r\n;\n\n
- Set up a destination for the syslog messages. You can actually set up redirections for each source of message to different log file names. Here is an example line:\nd_net_syslog file(\"\/var\/log\/syslog\/remote\/$HOSTNAME\/syslog.log\"); ;\n\n
- Save the configuration file.\n\nThose are the basic steps to start collecting Syslog messages and storing them to a file. You can get more sophisticated by adding in filters to direct messages to different files or add in explanations of each recorded event.\n","author":"@type":"Person","name":"Stephen Cooper","description":"Stephen Cooper has taken a close interest in online security since his thesis on Internet encryption in the early 90s. That formed part of his BSC (Hons) in Computing and Informatics at the University of Plymouth. In those days, encapsulation techniques were just being formulated and Cooper kept an eye on those methodologies as they evolved into the VPN industry. Cooper went on to study an MSC in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Kingston University. He also holds an MSc Advanced Security and Digital Forensics from Edinburgh Napier University.\nCooper worked as a technical consultant, sitting DBA exams and specializing in Oracle Applications. With a long experience as a programmer, Cooper is able to assess systems by breaking into programs and combing through the code. Knowledge of IT development and operations working practices helps him to focus his reviews on the attributes of software that are really important to IT professionals.\nAfter working as an IT consultant across Europe and the USA, he has become adept at explaining complicated technology in everyday terms. He is a people person with an interest in technology\n","url":"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/author\/","@type":"Question","name":"What is the default Syslog facility level?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":"@type":"Answer","text":"The default Syslog facility level is Local4\n","author":"@type":"Person","name":"Stephen Cooper","description":"Stephen Cooper has taken a close interest in online security since his thesis on Internet encryption in the early 90s. That formed part of his BSC (Hons) in Computing and Informatics at the University of Plymouth. In those days, encapsulation techniques were just being formulated and Cooper kept an eye on those methodologies as they evolved into the VPN industry. Cooper went on to study an MSC in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Kingston University. He also holds an MSc Advanced Security and Digital Forensics from Edinburgh Napier University.\nCooper worked as a technical consultant, sitting DBA exams and specializing in Oracle Applications. With a long experience as a programmer, Cooper is able to assess systems by breaking into programs and combing through the code. Knowledge of IT development and operations working practices helps him to focus his reviews on the attributes of software that are really important to IT professionals.\nAfter working as an IT consultant across Europe and the USA, he has become adept at explaining complicated technology in everyday terms. He is a people person with an interest in technology\n","url":"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/author\/","@type":"Question","name":"How do I memorize Syslog levels?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":"@type":"Answer","text":"The Syslog levels are:\n
- \n
- Emergency (0)\n
- Alert (1)\n
- Critical (2)\n
- Error (3)\n
- Warning (4)\n
- Notifications (5)\n
- Information (6)\n
- Debug (7)\n\nCreate a mnemonic to remember these. Take the first letter of each level type and make a memorable phrase with words that start with the same first letters. So, E, A, C, E, W, N, I, and D won\u2019t make a meaningful word, but create a sentence that you can\u2019t forget easily, put your name in there if it starts with one of those letters.\n","author":"@type":"Person","name":"Stephen Cooper","description":"Stephen Cooper has taken a close interest in online security since his thesis on Internet encryption in the early 90s. That formed part of his BSC (Hons) in Computing and Informatics at the University of Plymouth. In those days, encapsulation techniques were just being formulated and Cooper kept an eye on those methodologies as they evolved into the VPN industry. Cooper went on to study an MSC in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Kingston University. He also holds an MSc Advanced Security and Digital Forensics from Edinburgh Napier University.\nCooper worked as a technical consultant, sitting DBA exams and specializing in Oracle Applications. With a long experience as a programmer, Cooper is able to assess systems by breaking into programs and combing through the code. Knowledge of IT development and operations working practices helps him to focus his reviews on the attributes of software that are really important to IT professionals.\nAfter working as an IT consultant across Europe and the USA, he has become adept at explaining complicated technology in everyday terms. He is a people person with an interest in technology\n","url":"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/author\/","@type":"Question","name":"What is a Syslog server?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":"@type":"Answer","text":"A Syslog server receives files sent by Syslog clients or sends out files in response to requests. The files are formatted following a protocol called Syslog, which defines the fields in each log message. \n","author":"@type":"Person","name":"Stephen Cooper","description":"Stephen Cooper has taken a close interest in online security since his thesis on Internet encryption in the early 90s. That formed part of his BSC (Hons) in Computing and Informatics at the University of Plymouth. In those days, encapsulation techniques were just being formulated and Cooper kept an eye on those methodologies as they evolved into the VPN industry. Cooper went on to study an MSC in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Kingston University. He also holds an MSc Advanced Security and Digital Forensics from Edinburgh Napier University.\nCooper worked as a technical consultant, sitting DBA exams and specializing in Oracle Applications. With a long experience as a programmer, Cooper is able to assess systems by breaking into programs and combing through the code. Knowledge of IT development and operations working practices helps him to focus his reviews on the attributes of software that are really important to IT professionals.\nAfter working as an IT consultant across Europe and the USA, he has become adept at explaining complicated technology in everyday terms. He is a people person with an interest in technology\n","url":"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/author\/"]} "@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":["@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/","@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Net Admin","item":"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/net-admin\/","@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Best Free & Paid Syslog Servers for Linux and Windows","item":"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/net-admin\/best-free-syslog-servers-for-linux-and-windows\/"]Net Admin The Best Free & Paid Syslog Servers for Linux and Windows
We are funded by our readers and may receive a commission when you buy using links on our site. The Best Free & Paid Syslog Servers for Linux and Windows Need the best syslog server to stay on top of system events? There are a lot of free tools out there, this guide brings you the best syslog servers for Windows and Linux to help you decide. Writer: Stephen Cooper Networking and Cyber Security Specialist Updated: April 8, 2024 body.single .section.main-content.sidebar-active .col.grid-item.sidebar.span_1_of_3 float: right; body.single .section.main-content.sidebar-active .col.grid-item.content.span_2_of_3 margin-left: 0;