Re: Syslog Message Log

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Opennms doesn't store them in a file like syslogd or rsyslogd does. You can
do like David says or you can have your servers log to an rsyslogd daemon
on the OpenNMS server which writes to a file *and* forwards to OpenNMS.


Sincerely,
Mike
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Mike Diehn
Enfield, NH

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018, 1:56 PM Chris Bradt <[email protected] wrote:

> I am just starting to get familiar with OpenNMS.  I have a question on
> syslog messages -- is there a place the messages themselves are logged to?
>
> I changed the log4j2.xml key for syslogd to DEBUG just so that I could
> verify that the messages were, in fact, getting there with a fairly
> harmless message like an interface shutdown.  I see in the syslogd.log that
> they got there and they did initiate an Event that shows up in the GUI.
>
> My preference at this point is to be able to log messages without
> necessarily generating an Event, just to have a repository of messages that
> I elect to have my devices send.  I can't find where the raw messages that
> I have received are located.  Are they somewhere?  Where?
>
> Thanks ...
>
> --
> Chris Bradt [email protected]
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<div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>Opennms doesn&#39;t store the=
m in a file like syslogd or rsyslogd does. You can do like David says or yo=
u can have your servers log to an rsyslogd daemon on the OpenNMS server whi=
ch writes to a file *and* forwards to OpenNMS.<br><br><div data-smartmail=
=3D"gmail_signature"><br>Sincerely,<br>Mike<br>--<br>Mike Diehn<br>Enfield,=
 NH</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Dec =
10, 2018, 1:56 PM Chris Bradt &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">ctbr=
[email protected]</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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    <font face=3D"Arial">I am just starting to get familiar with OpenNMS.=
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      I have a question on syslog messages -- is there a place the
      messages themselves are logged to?=C2=A0 <br>
      <br>
      I changed the log4j2.xml key for syslogd to DEBUG just so that I
      could verify that the messages were, in fact, getting there with a
      fairly harmless message like an interface shutdown.=C2=A0 I see in th=
e
      syslogd.log that they got there and they did initiate an Event
      that shows up in the GUI.=C2=A0 <br>
      <br>
      My preference at this point is to be able to log messages without
      necessarily generating an Event, just to have a repository of
      messages that I elect to have my devices send.=C2=A0 I can&#39;t find=
 where
      the raw messages that I have received are located.=C2=A0 Are they
      somewhere?=C2=A0 Where?<br>
      <br>
      Thanks ...<br>
    </font>
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Chris Bradt=20
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[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a=
> </pre>
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