Abstract
An enterprise infrastructure consists of several devices. The devices emit event notifications representing their current state. The devices without storage such as printers and routers are configured to send the event notifications in the form of syslogs to one or more remote syslog servers over the network. Depending on the size and usage of the enterprise infrastructure, millions of syslogs may be emitted per second. These syslogs are used by the system administrators to detect and address the anomalies in the infrastructure. The system administrators often integrate the syslog servers with Log Analysis tools that offer aggregation, analytics, and visualisation capabilities. Splunk is one such popular tool that can be integrated with syslog servers. This paper proposes an architectural pattern for syslog servers that are to be integrated with Splunk for better performance, scalability and resilience.
Highlights
Syslog was developed at University of Barkley, California, USA in the early 80s
The following are some of the circumstances in which devices send syslogs: A printer emits a syslog when a print job is scheduled
The administrators of today are still dealing with the syslog systems that are built on top of plain User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Summary
Syslog was developed at University of Barkley, California, USA in the early 80s. Since it has been the standard logging solution on Unix-like systems. It has been the standard logging solution on Unix-like systems Diskless devices such as network routers and printers use syslog for logging the events on remote servers. The following are some of the circumstances in which devices send syslogs:. A printer emits a syslog when a print job is scheduled. A printer emits a syslog when a print job is finished. A VOIP-based phone emits a syslog when a call is placed. A router emits a syslog when an interface fails to initialise. The syslog protocol is documented in multiple RFCs
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