More information: I can now see switch logs in /var/log/messages. I had to stop ossec, edit syslog-ng.conf to allow remote network logging, restart syslog, then restart ossec. The order of restart was important. If ossec were already running, syslog would not start with the remote option. It would not bind to 0.0.0.0:514, erroring with the message, the "address is already in use."
However, the switch (syslog) logs are not showing up in the ossec.log. How do I get them to do so? My ossec.conf file does have the following entry: <localfile> <log_format>syslog</log_format> <location>/var/log/messages</location> </localfile> /var/log/messages from the local machine (the ossec server itself) do show up in ossec.log. It is just the entries from the agentless switches that do not. John Walker From: john.wal...@srs.gov To: ossec-list@googlegroups.com Date: 08/02/2011 12:59 PM Subject: [ossec-list] Cannot see HP switch logs in OSSEC Sent by: ossec-list@googlegroups.com I am having trouble configuring syslog-ng.conf on my ossec server (SUSE Linux Enterprise 11) so I can see HP switch logs. The logs are not showing up in /var/log/messages, which would then be analyzed by ossec. The switches have been configured for logging and to use the IP address of the ossec server. I am also running HP Network Automation and Network Node Manager which may be parsing the logs before being captured in messages. Do I also need to change something in ossec.conf? Also, does anyone have a rule set for HP ProCurve switches, and for 3COM switches (bought by HP). John Walker