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kimhenriksen
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Cirrostratussetting up a vip for syslog (logpoint) traffic, any thoughts?
Hey all!
I´m setting up a udp vip for syslog (514). I´ve configured a standard udp vip with a udp profile with the datagram lb setting enabled.
Does anyone have any more tips on what to configure? In this case its logpoint for the backend servers.
I´m wondering if the idle timeout (default 60 secs) is to much as we ´re seeing ALOT of connections, I´m thinking of lowering it to 5 secs or immediate.. any thoughts?
Anyone have any experience in using bigip and logpoint syslog?
/Kim
Hi ,
Yes right , stateless VS is recommended in case of UDP connections and I think it will be the most perfect option for syslog , you can find this in this article : https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K13675So IF you need " Datagram LB " option , you have to rely on standard or stateless >> but in case of syslog use " stateless " type and attach your custom UDP profile which enabled " Datagram LB " option.
I recommend using >> performance layer4 virtual server type , this is faster than Standard one.
For timeout I don't see 60 sec is that high , but it's recommended always to set a shorter idle timeout periods so this depending on your environment , you can set any value suits your integrations with SYSLOG.
kimhenriksenDoes the performance layer4 loadbalance udp packet by packet? On the standard I´ve got that configured in the udp profile, but the there is no udp profile option on the performance layer 4. But I am checking we can do a stateless udp vip instead.. I found a article describing the setup and that it´s preferable for high traffic udp vips, such as syslog and dns.
Hi ,
Yes right , stateless VS is recommended in case of UDP connections and I think it will be the most perfect option for syslog , you can find this in this article : https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K13675So IF you need " Datagram LB " option , you have to rely on standard or stateless >> but in case of syslog use " stateless " type and attach your custom UDP profile which enabled " Datagram LB " option.
- kimhenriksen
We did this yesterday and it seems to be working nicely now. Thanks!!
