Monitor syslog-ng status

jibin1988 · ‎01-08-2020

Hi All,

We are running HF and syslog-ng on same server and we want to monitor the syslog-ng status. example if syslog-ng goes down splunk should trigger alert. Can someone suggest how we can achive this?

martinnepolean · ‎01-08-2020

We can use Splunk App for Unix and Linux or any simple scripted input to monitor the process and create email notification from search head

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