What Is Syslog and How Does It Work?
Syslog is a good thing. It’s a standard network based logging protocol that works on an extremely wide variety of different types of devices and applications, allowing them to send free text-formatted log messages to a central server. Essentially every device on your network—whether it’s a storage box or a server, a switch or a firewall—likely has a syslog agent you can use to send messages to a common central location. People who are familiar with SNMP might be a little confused.