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To log Syslog packets to the event log, click the "Syslog to Event Log" tab and check the "Log to the APPLICATION Event Log" check box. You will also be able to configure the severity mappings, since the Syslog protocol defines 8 instead of just 3 severities.

 

EventSentry will log all messages to the application event log with event ID 9999, Source EventSentry and Category Syslog.

 

Severity Mapping

Since EventSentry logs Syslog messages to the Windows event log, you will need to specify how the Syslog error levels correspond to the Windows event log error levels.

Unix Syslog defines eight severity levels:

 

•EMERG Emergency
•ALERT Alert
•CRIT Critical
•ERR Error
•WARNING Warning
•NOTICE Notice
•INFO Info
•DEBUG Debug

 

The Windows event log defines only three severities (SUCCESS is not mentioned since it is basically equal to INFORMATION):

 

•ERROR
•WARNING
•INFORMATION
•Ignore (does not log message to the event log)

 

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To prevent a certain error level (e.g. debug) from being written to the Windows event log specify Ignore in the corresponding Windows column. This will drop all packets from the specified error level without logging them to the event log.

 

Settings

By default, no incoming Syslog messages will be logged to the event log. Click the + icon to add strings that will trigger event log alerts.

 

Include: Log all messages to the event log, except for exclusions below

This setting will log all Syslog messages to the event log. Syslog messages containing strings that are listed below will not be logged to the event log. This setting is not recommended as it can quickly fill the application event log.

 

Exclude: Only log messages to the database that are included below

This is the default setting, and will log Syslog messages to the event log that match the strings listed below. This allows you to only send content to the event log that matches your filters.