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habib_Khan
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Jun 27, 2014

Syslog config assistance

Hi All, I need to configure remote syslog server on ltm 10.2.1 with the below rrequirement.   The logging level on the load balancers be increased to provide more information to the syslog. At ...
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Kevin_Stewart
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Jun 27, 2014

It may be a better option here to create an LTM request log profile and assign it as needed to individual VIPs.

create ltm pool [pool name] members add { ip:port }

create ltm profile request-log [profile name] response-log-pool [syslog pool] response-log-profile mds-udp response-log-template $NCSA_COMMON response-logging enabled

modify ltm virtual [VIP name] profiles add { [log name] { context all } }

The $NCSA_COMMON template sends something like the following:

10.80.0.1 - - [27/Jun/2014:09:20:21 -0400] "GET /foobar/blah HTTP/1.1" 404 1151

And the full list of template options can be found here:

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip-aam/manuals/product/aam-implementations-11-4-0/20.html?sr=33764514