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<p class="MsoNormal">We are looking to collect logs from servers and devices in our DMZ and then filter the logs of unnecessary information to then be sent to our internal Splunk instance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would Syslog-ng OSE edition be capable of this task?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve started to read through your excellent documentation for the OSE edition, I was wondering what route I should take to configure it for the scenario described above? The link I am thinking is correct is the “<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">To
configure<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="phrase">syslog-ng OSE</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>as a relay that receives log messages from client hosts and forwards them to a central logserver, see<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-latest-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-guide-admin/html/configure-servers.html" title="4.2. Procedure – Configuring syslog-ng on server hosts"><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1D5987;background:white">Procedure
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Stuart Martin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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