Re: [rsyslog] central syslog and cisco device hostnames

the first thing to do when you aren't getting what you expect is to log the messages with the template RSYSLOG_DebugFormat so you can see what you have to work with Please post a log message in this format so we can see what you have to work with. It's very possible that the Cisco is not

Re: [rsyslog] central syslog and cisco device hostnames

On 2/16/2018 3:56 PM, John Ratliff wrote: When my rsyslog server receives packets from our cisco switches, instead of logging it with the hostname, it logs it with the IP address. How can I get rsyslog to use the hostname instead? See the "how do I override the hostname when forwarding log

Re: [rsyslog] central syslog and cisco device hostnames

You want to use something other than %HOSTNAME%, see the list of properties available at . You might also want to set the hostname on the Cisco switch, search for cisco ios set hostname with your favourite search engine.

[rsyslog] central syslog and cisco device hostnames

When my rsyslog server receives packets from our cisco switches, instead of logging it with the hostname, it logs it with the IP address. How can I get rsyslog to use the hostname instead? This is my rsyslog.conf file. module(load="imuxsock") # provides support for local system logging