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juniorexus
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Apr 11, 2017

Way to send specific log file ( /shared/nfast/log/hardserver.log) to remote destination in real time

Hi guys,   We are using Thales netHSMs to decrypt the key information on our F5s. We have requirement to store logs containing details of F5 <-> netHSM communication remotely i.e. Splunk, LogLogic...
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Leonardo_Souza
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Apr 11, 2017

I think rsyslog has the functionality you are looking for. However, is not installed in a F5 unit. Not sure if can do the same just with syslog-ng.

 

See this example:

 

http://www.rsyslog.com/using-the-text-file-input-module/

 

You can try to install the RPM, but you will not get support for problems in rsyslog:

 

http://sharadchhetri.com/2014/03/01/install-and-configure-rsyslog-on-rhel-6-centos-6/

 

Another option is to create a script to move the messages from the file to the syslog-ng. Basically, the script keep monitoring the file, every time a line is added, it will echo it to syslog-ng via logger command.