{"id":2160,"date":"2018-08-27T17:04:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unixed.com\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2018-08-27T17:15:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:15:52","slug":"setup-a-syslog-central-server-on-solaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unixed.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/27\/setup-a-syslog-central-server-on-solaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup a Syslog central Server on Solaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Setup a server to send syslog messages to a central syslog server<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setup:<\/strong>\u00a0For the example, I&#8217;ll use two virtual servers in VirtualBox. \u201csolaris\u201d will be the host sending syslog messages to \u201clogserver,\u201d a second VM.\u00a0 Logserver is a server that you will setup as a central syslog server.<\/p>\n<p>For this exercise, \u201csolaris\u201d has an IP address of 10.100.0.186 and \u201clogserver\u201d has 10.100.0.187<br \/>\nMake sure each server can ping each other.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2162\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unixed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img2-1.png?resize=696%2C319&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unixed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img2-1.png?w=696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unixed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img2-1.png?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or Bridged Adapter<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2161\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unixed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img1-1.png?resize=850%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unixed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img1-1.png?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unixed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img1-1.png?resize=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unixed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img1-1.png?resize=768%2C329&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be opening multiple terminal windows on each server, so it will be helpful to use the bash shell and change your shell prompt as follows on each server:<\/p>\n<pre><code>PS1='\\u@\\h \\W\\\\$ '<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The prompt will display which server and directory you are logged into as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code>root@logserver \/$<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>On each server, make a backup copy of the \/etc\/syslog.conf file that you will be editing in this exercise as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code>root@solaris \/$ cp \/etc\/syslog.conf \/etc\/syslog.conf.BAK\r\nroot@logserver \/$ cp \/etc\/syslog.conf \/etc\/syslog.conf.BAK<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Step by Step Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I. Perform These Steps on logserver<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Make sure the \/etc\/hosts file contains an entry for the logserver as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code>10.100.0.187\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 logserver loghost<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>2.\u00a0 After a reboot, or svcadm restart system-log, make sure there are no error messages in the \/var\/adm\/messages file from syslogd like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code>syslogd:\u00a0 WARNING: loghost could not be resolved<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Make sure the syslogd daemon is configured to receive messages from the network by verifying the log_from_remote_boolean property is set to true as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code># <strong>svccfg -s system-log listprop config\/log_from_remote<\/strong>\r\nconfig\/log_from_remote\u00a0 boolean\u00a0 true<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>If the property is set to false, change it as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code># <strong>svccfg -s system-log setprop config\/log_from_remote=true<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>4. Add this line to the \/etc\/syslog.conf file:<\/p>\n<pre><code>auth.info \/var\/adm\/authlog<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Note: Use only tabs to separate the columns, no spaces<\/p>\n<p>Example Before:<\/p>\n<pre><code>*.err;kern.notice;auth.notice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/dev\/sysmsg\r\n*.err;kern.debug;daemon.notice;mail.crit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/var\/adm\/messages\r\n*.alert;kern.err;daemon.err\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 operator\r\n*.alert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 root<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Example After:<\/p>\n<pre><code>*.err;kern.notice;auth.notice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/dev\/sysmsg\r\n*.err;kern.debug;daemon.notice;mail.crit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/var\/adm\/messages\r\n*.alert;kern.err;daemon.err\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 operator\r\n*.alert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 root\r\n<strong>auth.info\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/var\/adm\/authlog<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>5. Restart the syslogd daemon as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code># svcadm restart system-log<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>6. Verify the syslog service is online:<\/p>\n<pre><code># <strong>svcs system-log<\/strong>\r\nSTATE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STIME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FMRI\r\nonline\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10:01:21 svc:\/system\/system-log:default<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>7. Make sure your logserver is setup to resolve the system IP addresses through either local files or DNS. If local files, make this entry in your \/etc\/hosts file for the remote server that will be sending syslog messages:<\/p>\n<pre><code>10.100.0.186\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 solaris<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong><u>II. Perform These Steps On the Server Named \u201csolaris\u201d <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8. Make sure the \/etc\/hosts file contains an entry for the logserver as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code>10.100.0.187\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 logserver loghost<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>9. After a reboot, or svcadm restart system-log, make sure there are no error messages in the \/var\/adm\/messages file from syslogd like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code>syslogd:\u00a0 WARNING: loghost could not be resolved<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>10. You should be able to ping loghost as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code>root@solaris \/$ <strong>ping loghost<\/strong>\r\nloghost is alive<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>11.\u00a0 Uncomment the following line in the \/etc\/syslog.conf file:<\/p>\n<pre><code># auth.info\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ifdef(`LOGHOST', \/var\/log\/authlog, @loghost)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Example Before:<\/p>\n<pre><code># auth.info\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ifdef(`LOGHOST', \/var\/log\/authlog, @loghost)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Example After:<\/p>\n<pre><code>auth.info\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ifdef(`LOGHOST', \/var\/log\/authlog, @loghost)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>12.\u00a0 Restart the syslogd daemon as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code># <strong>svcadm restart system-log<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>13.\u00a0 Verify the service is online as follows:<\/p>\n<pre><code># <strong>svcs system-log<\/strong>\r\nSTATE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STIME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FMRI\r\nonline\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10:01:21 svc:\/system\/system-log:default<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong><u>III. Test the setup<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the test, you\u2019ll open (4) terminal sessions.<\/p>\n<p><u>Terminal 1<\/u>: Open a terminal window to the \u201csolaris\u201d server and type:<\/p>\n<p>root@solaris \/# <strong>snoop port 514<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&lt;leave this running in the terminal window&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Terminal 2<\/u>: Open a terminal window to the \u201clogserver\u201d server and type:<\/p>\n<pre>root@logserver \/# <strong>snoop solaris<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&lt;leave this running in the terminal window&gt;<\/p>\n<p><u>Terminal 3<\/u>: Open a terminal window to the \u201clogserver\u201d server and type:<\/p>\n<pre>root@logserver \/# <strong>tail -f \/var\/adm\/authlog<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&lt;leave this running in the terminal window.\u00a0 You will actively watch the \/var\/adm\/authlog file for new entries&gt;<\/p>\n<p><u>Terminal 4<\/u>:\u00a0 Use putty or some other terminal window to ssh to the \u201csolaris\u201d(10.100.0.186) server as follows:<\/p>\n<pre>$ <strong>ssh root@solaris<\/strong>\r\nType password<\/pre>\n<p>When you enter the password in Terminal 4, the following should happen in the other terminal windows:<\/p>\n<p>Terminal 1: You should see the following message (in red) that indicates \u201csolaris\u201d is sending syslog messages over port 514 to the \u201clogserver\u201d<\/p>\n<pre># snoop port 514\r\nUsing device e1000g0 (promiscuous mode)\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 solaris -&gt; logserver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SYSLOG C port=32779 auth.info: &lt;38&gt;Aug 22 10:57:28<\/pre>\n<p>Terminal 2:\u00a0 On the loghost, you should see the following messages (in red) coming from the \u201csolaris\u201d server indicating that \u201clogserver\u201d is receiving messages from syslogd on\u00a0 the remote \u201csolaris\u201d host:<\/p>\n<pre># snoop solaris\r\nUsing device e1000g0 (promiscuous mode)\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> solaris -&gt; logserver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SYSLOG C port=32779 auth.info: &lt;38&gt;Aug 22 11:00:57<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 logserver -&gt; solaris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TCP D=32797 S=22 Push Ack=220090959 Seq=1393572300 Len=128 Win=49640<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 solaris -&gt; logserver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TCP D=22 S=32797 Ack=1393572428 Seq=220090959 Len=0 Win=49640<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 logserver -&gt; solaris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TCP D=32797 S=22 Push Ack=220090959 Seq=1393572428 Len=240 Win=49640<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 solaris -&gt; logserver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TCP D=22 S=32797 Ack=1393572668 Seq=220090959 Len=0 Win=49640<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 logserver -&gt; solaris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TCP D=32797 S=22 Push Ack=220090959 Seq=1393572668 Len=240 Win=49640<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 solaris -&gt; logserver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TCP D=22 S=32797 Ack=1393572908 Seq=220090959 Len=0 Win=49640<\/span><\/pre>\n<p>In Terminal 2, press ctrl+C to stop snoop from executing.<\/p>\n<p>Terminal 3: You should see the following message added to the \/var\/adm\/authlog file:<\/p>\n<pre>Aug 22 11:24:15 solaris sshd[931]: [ID 800047 auth.info] Accepted keyboard-interactive for root from 10.100.0.186 port 32800 ssh2<\/pre>\n<p>If you intentionally enter the wrong password in Terminal 4, the following message gets logged to \/var\/adm\/authlog:<\/p>\n<pre>Aug 22 11:24:06 solaris sshd[931]: [ID 800047 auth.info] Keyboard-interactive (PAM) userauth failed[9] while authenticating: Authentication failed<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description: Setup a server to send syslog messages to a central syslog server Setup:\u00a0For the example, I&#8217;ll use two virtual servers in VirtualBox. 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