isnt the dude router only now no server installation?

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Jesse DuPont <
jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net> wrote:

> I've found The Dude (from MikroTik) be a decent quick and dirty syslog
> server. You can setup log rotation, use REGEX strings to have certain log
> entries go to different files, even receive TXT or email messages when
> certain critical words show up log entries.
>
> For example, whenever an SM connects to an AP, that's getting logged to an
> "SM Auths" log file. Likewise, PPPoE authentications are getting logged to
> their own log file. OSPF and router logins are each their own file. That
> leaves the default log file as the catch all. Certain OSPF events warrant a
> text message and the Dude can do that.
>
> Caveat: I have seen where the dude doesn't always save all the Syslog
> rules during reboots. I keep a screen shot of the rules as a backup. Lame,
> I know, but I don't have to reboot it much so it's only mildly inconvenient.
>
> There other platforms that are more flexible. Everything you can do on the
> Dude can be done with rsyslog on Linux, just no click GUI to set it up. I'd
> say Splunk is maybe one of the king daddy log processors, but the fancy
> stuff costs money.
>
> *Jesse DuPont*
>
> Network Architect
> email: jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net
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> On 6/14/16 9:06 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
>
> what is an easy server to set up and get reports from for catching logs. I
> set everything on centOS and dont know how to write simple scripts. Looking
> for something I can point the 60 billion devices we only need to look at
> logs on once every el nino and otherwise will forget about. If there is a
> good webmin based module that would just tickle me like a fresh kitten
>
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