[graylog2] Re: collect logs from remote machine

2017-02-09 Thread Jochen Schalanda
Hi Wallace,

On Thursday, 9 February 2017 12:20:26 UTC+1, Wallace Turner wrote:
>
> Ho Jochen so you need to install Sidecar (and then possibly nxlog) on each 
> machine you want to watch a logfile?
>

You can use any other means of shipping the logs from your systems to 
Graylog that you like. You also don't have to use the Graylog Collector 
Sidecar, but it usually makes things easier.

Cheers,
Jochen

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[graylog2] Re: collect logs from remote machine

2017-02-09 Thread Wallace Turner
Ho Jochen so you need to install Sidecar (and then possibly nxlog) on each 
machine you want to watch a logfile?

On Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:43:28 UTC+8, Jochen Schalanda wrote:
>
> Hi Wallace,
>
> On Thursday, 9 February 2017 06:03:07 UTC+1, Wallace Turner wrote:
>>
>> What i am trying to do is for graylog to retrieve (or monitor) a log file 
>> at a network location (windows servers) and bring the contents of the plain 
>> text log file to graylog.
>>
>> Is this possible (on windows)?
>>
>
> Yes, that's possible. You could simply use the Graylog Collector Sidecar 
> for this: http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.1/pages/collector_sidecar.html
>
> Cheers,
> Jochen
>

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[graylog2] Re: collect logs from remote machine

2017-02-09 Thread Jochen Schalanda
Hi Wallace,

On Thursday, 9 February 2017 06:03:07 UTC+1, Wallace Turner wrote:
>
> What i am trying to do is for graylog to retrieve (or monitor) a log file 
> at a network location (windows servers) and bring the contents of the plain 
> text log file to graylog.
>
> Is this possible (on windows)?
>

Yes, that's possible. You could simply use the Graylog Collector Sidecar 
for this: http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.1/pages/collector_sidecar.html

Cheers,
Jochen

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