Dec
4
2010

How To: Enable remote syslog on VMware Hosts

SSH over to your ESX server. You will need sudo or root access to complete the following.
  • Edit the following with your favorite editor.

    vi /etc/syslog.conf 
  • Add the following line to the bottom of the file. This will forward all the logs to the syslog server — a good thing.
    #forward to Syslog Server
    *.* @syslog.domain
    
    
  • Restart the syslog service
    service syslog restart
    
    
  • Open the local firewall to allow UDP over port 514
    esxcfg-firewall -o 514,udp,out,syslog
    
    
  • Reload the firewall configuration
    esxcfg-firewall -l

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