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Serv-U logging to syslogs

This article contains information on sending Serv-U logs as syslog messages.

First published date

10/18/2018 1:40 AM

Last published date

4/12/2022 8:01 AM

Overview

Serv-U can only create logs in a text file format. If the server is running on Linux platform it is possible to send the logs as syslog messages as described in the resolution below. Also, It is not possible to configure Serv-U to Syslogs in Windows environment.

Product section

Serv-U Managed File Transfer & Serv-U FTP Server

Resolution

To send Serv-U logs to a syslog server, use the imfile module on a Linux system to pass the logs to a syslog server.

For example, modify your /etc/rsyslog.conf file using the following:

# Monitor Serv-U's files

$ModLoad imfile
$InputFileName /Full_Path_To_Serv-U_Log_File
$InputFileTag tag1:
$InputFileStateFile stat-file1
$InputFileSeverity info
$InputFileFacility local7
$InputRunFileMonitor

For more information about the imfile module, see imfile: Text File Input Module (© 2018 Rainer Gerhards and Others, available at https://www.rsyslog.com/ , obtained on December 4, 2018)
For information about the settings you need to define in the syslog-ng application, see syslog-ng(8) - Linux man page.

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