CentOS & RHEL Log Integration
CentOS & RHEL
Log Integration Guide
Log Integration procedure: Follow these steps to configure log forwarding to a remote syslog server.
Install syslog package if you haven’t installed it.
#yum -y install rsyslog
Checking the rsyslog.conf
Open a rsyslog.conf file located at /etc/rsyslog.conf by following command.
vim /etc/rsyslog.conf
At the end of the file check for the following line and uncomment
#Include all config files in /etc/rsyslog.d/
$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
Add below line at end of the file.
*.* @<Log Collector IP>:12514
Note: 514 port is the syslog default port number. Please replace 514 with blusapphire shared port number and provide log collector private IP.
Save and quit the configuration file.
Create log configuration for Audit logs with vim /etc/rsyslog.d/auditlog.conf and paste following lines below:
$ModLoad imfile
auditd audit.log
$InputFileName /var/log/audit/audit.log ##path of log file
$InputFileTag tag_audit_log:
$InputFileStateFile audit_log
$InputFileSeverity info
$InputFileFacility local6
$InputFilePollInterval 1
$InputFilePersistStateInterval 1
$InputRunFileMonitor
$WorkDirectory /var/lib/rsyslog
$ActionQueueFileName fwdRule1 # unique name prefix for spool files
$ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace 1g # 1gb space limit (use as much as possible)
$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save messages to disk on shutdown
$ActionQueueType LinkedList # run asynchronously
$ActionResumeRetryCount -1
local6.* @<Log Collector IP>:12514
Save and Quit the configuration file.
Navigate to the following directory /create a file using the below command and paste the entire content of the file (all lines) from the git
#vim /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules
https://github.com/Neo23x0/auditd/blob/master/audit.rules
save and quit the file.
Restart rsyslog service
sudo systemctl restart rsyslog
sudo systemctl status rsyslog
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