I have an Unraid server that is locking up on a weekly basis. I want to set up a persistent syslog on another Unraid server. (Let's say Unraid1 to Unraid2) I looked at the directions but I'm wondering where would I look on the remote server (Unraid2) to find the syslog for Unraid1? Is it possible to specify a location?

When you set up the syslog server on unraid2 you specify the location at which the server should store files.

I will look into it but I'm a little unclear. The directions in that link don't say anything about settings needed on the remote server. Am I missing something?

8 minutes ago, rdagitz said:

I will look into it but I'm a little unclear. The directions in that link don't say anything about settings needed on the remote server. Am I missing something?

That is because the link talks about the server logging to itself.

Okay, I think I understand but I want to be clear. On Unraid1 I need to set the "Remote syslog server" to the IP address of Unraid2. Then on Unraid2 I need to enable "Local syslog server" and then I can specify the share location. Do I have everything set up correctly?

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 20232 yr by rdagitz

So I have set the above settings on the two servers but when I look on Unraid2 I don't see anything. Am I doing something wrong?

I am still not getting any syslog entries on Uraid2. I here is what I have done.

• Set Unraid1 "Remote syslog server" to the IP of Unraid2 with UDP 514
• Set Unraid2 "Local syslog server" to Enable and set the Local syslog folder to a new share I created called "Logs". (Ignore the entry in the picture above.) This "Logs" share is set to use the cache drive only.
• I went ahead and port forwarded 514 in Unraid2's network just in case it is needed.

Can anyone think of something I am missing?

Edited December 27, 20232 yr by rdagitz

Just set the remote server IP to be the same as that server's IP, it will log locally to that server.