Syslog Configuration

Configuration to ingest syslog

This section describes configuration parameters to control syslog ingestion

JSON File Configuration

Location on manager node: ~/opt/augtera/etc/telemetry.json

UI Configuration

Configuration under Settings->Config: config->telemetry

Configuration Properties

The following table explains the attributes of Syslog and provides a description of each one of them.

Num	Attribute	Type	Description
1	syslog Required Inheritance	Object	Syslog port map configuration
2	proto	String	UDP or KafkaReader
3	port	Integer	Port designated for syslog traffic. Use the standard port or indicate the designated port. The standard UDP port is 514.
4	disable Required	Boolean	Enables or disables syslog configuration. By default, syslog is enabled since it is set to false.
	Options Configuration
5	options	List	Define custom options for severity-cutoff, severity-cutoff-low-priority, timezone, and expiration-date.
6	severity-cutoff	String	Severity level until which syslog is ingested and carried across Augtera pipeline. The default level is warning. Any message below this level subjected to severity-cutoff-low-priority
7	severity-cutoff-low-priority	String	Any messages between the severity-cutoff and the severity-cutoff-low-priority are ingested ONLY if there is a matching classifier. Any message with severity level below this are dropped.
8	timezone	String	Indicate the timezone for the syslog source and not the local timezone. This is needed for syslog in RFC 3164 format. If this is configured incorrectly, the data might not appear in the UI Trends. Value should be a standard TZ identifier.

Following is a sample JSON configuration snippet to ingest syslog over UDP port 514. Data above the warning level will appear in the UI. Any messages below info will be dropped. Any message below level warning and info will only be ingested if there is a matching classifier.

    "syslog": {
      "proto": "udp",
      "port": 514,
      "disable": false,
      "options": {
        "severity-cutoff": "warning",
        "severity-cutoff-low-pri": "info"
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
      },
    },