Syslog Routing Settings

Below are settings for enabling and configuring Syslog in
FactoryTalk® Policy Manager
.

Syslog routing

Syslog routing Settings
Property
Description
Enable syslog routing using syslog server
Enables devices that support syslog routing to start sending Syslog messages as configured in the policy.
These settings apply to all devices that support syslog routing.
Use these settings to identify the location of the Syslog server.
Syslog Server Settings
Property
Description
IP Address
Identifies the Syslog server by the IP address.
Hostname
Identifies the Syslog server by the DNS host name.
Port
Identifies the communications port on the server to receive the Syslog messages. Default port number is 514.
Protocol
Configures logging.
  • Select
    UDP
     for low-priority logging. UDP is not a guaranteed reliability protocol, log data that is transferred using UDP can be lost in transit due to various network problems.
  • Select
    TCP
     for log data that cannot tolerate loss and which must be retained.
Use these settings to filter the event messages that are logged to the Syslog server.
Filter Settings
Property
Description
Event types that will generate messages
Used to determine which event types generate messages.
Failures only
Logs events upon failures related to model deployment, device discovery, component connections, and component authentications or authentications.
Failures and successes
Logs all success and failure events related to model deployment, device discovery, component connections, and component authentications or authorizations.
Lowest level of severity to log
Logs messages that are greater than or equal to the severity level selected. Defined severity levels from highest to lowest are:
Emergency
System is unusable.
Alert
Action must be taken immediately.
Critical
Critical operational conditions such as device hardware major faults.
Error
Error conditions in software applications and device hardware minor faults.
Warning
Warning conditions in software applications and hardware.
Notice
Significant conditions that may require special handling.
Information
Informational messages about software or hardware operations.
Audit
Messages from the auditing service.
Debug
Messages about the programmatic operations of the software.
Message Settings
Property
Description
Details to include in message
Specifies details included in the message.
Sequence ID
Uniquely identify the type and purpose of the message so that the receiver can detect lost messages and order messages correctly.
Time quality (sync info, time zone accuracy)
Describes the system time mechanism used by the message originator.
Time resolutions
Defines the level of precision used in the time stamp of the log messages:
  • Seconds
  • Milliseconds
  • Microseconds
  • Nanoseconds
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