Windows 2016 to RHEL 7 Syslog collector | Log collection solutions

#1 syslog_guru_192 6 years ago

Hi,

I am trying to forward Windows 2016 event logs to a RHEL 7 syslog collector, on the community edition. I am not receiving any logs at the collector. I know that this is not a network issue as syslog generator tools (such as kiwi) are working. Current config is below:

#define ROOT C:\Program Files\nxlog define ROOT C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog

Moduledir %ROOT%\modules CacheDir %ROOT%\data Pidfile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pid SpoolDir %ROOT%\data LogFile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.log

<Extension _syslog> Module xm_syslog </Extension>

<Input in> Module im_msvistalog Query <QueryList>
<Query Id="0">
<Select Path="Security">*[System[(EventID=4624 or EventID=4634 or EventID=4656 or EventID=4659 or EventID=4662 or EventID=4663 or EventID=4672 or EventID=4676 or EventID=6272 or EventID=6278)]]</Select>
</Query>
</QueryList> </Input>

<Output out> Module om_udp Host <myhostip> Port 514 Exec to_syslog_snare(); </Output>

Any pointers as to where I'm going wrong? Ideally I would like to send all Windows Event logs, not just the IDs listed above.

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#2 b0ti Nxlog ✓ 6 years ago

#1 syslog_guru_192

Hi, I am trying to forward Windows 2016 event logs to a RHEL 7 syslog collector, on the community edition. I am not receiving any logs at the collector. I know that this is not a network issue as syslog generator tools (such as kiwi) are working. Current config is below: #define ROOT C:\Program Files\nxlog define ROOT C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog Moduledir %ROOT%\modules CacheDir %ROOT%\data Pidfile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pid SpoolDir %ROOT%\data LogFile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.log <Extension _syslog> Module xm_syslog </Extension> <Input in> Module im_msvistalog Query <QueryList> <Query Id="0"> <Select Path="Security">*[System[(EventID=4624 or EventID=4634 or EventID=4656 or EventID=4659 or EventID=4662 or EventID=4663 or EventID=4672 or EventID=4676 or EventID=6272 or EventID=6278)]]</Select> </Query> </QueryList> </Input> <Output out> Module om_udp Host <myhostip> Port 514 Exec to_syslog_snare(); </Output> <Route 1> Path in => out </Route> Any pointers as to where I'm going wrong? Ideally I would like to send all Windows Event logs, not just the IDs listed above.

Have you confirmed that the udp packets actually reach your server (e.g. with wireshark or something else) ?
If the above has been ruled out try to_syslog_bsd() or to_syslog_ietf() if your rsyslog is allergic to the snare format.