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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hi All,</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">I am struggling to get syslog-ng to output the correct format for Cisco IOS devices. I am using syslog-ng to forward message to a NMS system. The issue I see is syslog-ng upon forwarding adds more data to the message as I am assuming it does not understand the Cisco IOS syslog format.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Version of syslog-ng:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Name : syslog-ng Relocations: (not relocatable)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri">Version : 2.1.4 Vendor: Fedora Project</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri">Release : 9.el5 Build Date: Mon 16 May 2011 15:09:47 BST</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri">Install Date: Fri 21 Oct 2011 12:26:04 BST Build Host: x86-01.phx2.fedoraproject.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri">Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: syslog-ng-2.1.4-9.el5.src.rpm</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Cisco IOS statements:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">service timestamps log datetime msec localtime show-timezone</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri">logging trap notifications</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri">logging facility local6</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Syslog format in the local file:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Nov 10 10:18:44.102 UTC: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by testuser on vty0 (1.2.3.4)</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Syslog-ng conf file:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">options {</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri"> sync(0);</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri"> time_reopen(10);</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri"> log_fifo_size(1000);</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri"> long_hostnames(off);</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri"> check_hostname(yes);</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri"> keep_hostname(yes);</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri"> chain_hostnames(no);</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri"> use_time_recvd(yes);</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">};</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">template("$MSGONLY\n")</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">When I perform a TCPDUMP and view the incoming message and then the forwarded message I can see that syslog-ng adds more data to the MESSAGE aspect of the syslog.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Has anyone been able to create a filter or template that manages this format, so that the forwarding of the syslog onto another receiver is not changed as syslog-ng is adding the $DATE and $HOST to the message.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks in advance</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Calibri">James</FONT>
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