Automate the deletion of old log files
Kiwi Syslog Daemon listens for and receives syslog messages which are logged automatically to a log file. Without regular housekeeping, the log file will continue to grow. We recommend to clients that they split their log files in some way to prevent them from growing unmanageable; either by us ...
- Event ID 7000 - Not a valid Win32 Application
If you see event ID 7000 or the error message "Kiwi Syslog Daemon Is Not a Valid Win32 Application" when you try to start the Kiwi Syslog Daemon Service, please see the following articles for a resolution: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q325680 http://support.microsoft ...
- Step 8 : Not receiving messages
Use Kiwi SyslogGen to test your setup €¦ Another useful tool for testing your Kiwi Syslog Daemon setup, is Kiwi SyslogGen. Kiwi SyslogGen is an application that allows you to send syslog messages to a specified IP address. You can download a copy of Kiwi SyslogGen from http://www.kiw ...
- Step 7 : Not receiving messages
Send a test message using Kiwi Syslog Daemon Kiwi Syslog Daemon has the ability to send a test message to its self, via the localhost address, to test whether or not it is set up correctly. Use the File | Send test message to localhost menu option, to send a test message. If successful, this mes ...
- Step 6 : Not receiving messages
Check the Windows Firewall If you are using a version of Windows that comes with Windows Firewall, you may need to an an exception into its configuration so that it will allow syslog traffic through to Kiwi Syslog Daemon. To add an exception into the Windows Firewall €¦ Open the Win ...
- Step 5 : Not receiving messages
Unable to bind to UDP port 514 (or similar) If the Kiwi Syslog Daemon error log shows a message similar to the this, then this is because it is only possible to have a single process bound to a port at any one time. You will need to locate the offending process and shut it down before restarting ...
- Step 4 : Not receiving messages
Check the Kiwi Syslog Daemon Error log Any errors that Kiwi Syslog Daemon has, will be logged to a file called Errorlog.txt. This file is located in the installation directory and can provide valuable information when trying to isolate a problem. If you check the error log and find a message sim ...
- Step 3 : Not receiving messages
Load the Kiwi Syslog Daemon default settings... To load the default rules and settings use the File | Setup | Defaults/Import/Export | Load default Rules and Settings button.
- Step 2 : Not receiving messages
" Confirm that messages are actually arriving... If you have configured your network devices and Kiwi Syslog Daemon is not receiving or displaying messages then you should confirm whether or not the messages are actually arriving at your system. To confirm this we recommend that you use a packet ...
- Step 1 : Not receiving messages
Confirm that your network devices are configured... As Kiwi Syslog Daemon does not actively poll your network devices you need to configure each of these to send their syslog information to the IP address of the system that you have installed Kiwi Syslog Daemon on. Information on how to configur ...
- Kiwi Syslog Daemon is not receiving messages
Sometimes, even though you have installed Kiwi Syslog Daemon and you have configured your network devices, you may find that Kiwi Syslog Daemon is not receiving, or displaying any information. This guide is designed to take you through the most common causes for this, and hopefully provide a so ...
- Setup a Simple Rule in Kiwi Syslog Daemon.
The following walkthrough illustrates how to create a simple rule in Kiwi Syslog Daemon. In the following scenario we will be creating a rule that will Stop processing unwanted Syslog messages. Create a new rule Click on the Kiwi Syslog Daemon 'Setup' icon. Select 'Rules' node of tree (if no ...
- Getting started with Kiwi Syslog Daemon.
Introduction Kiwi Syslog Daemon is designed to be as easy to setup and configure as possible. Kiwi Syslog Daemon is a passive listening application. It does not actively poll your network devices. When installed and started Kiwi Syslog Daemon simply binds to the specified port(s) on your system ...
- How the Rule engine works
When a message is received by Kiwi Syslog Daemon it is tested against each Rule in turn from the top down until either all Rules have been tested against, or a Stop Processing action is encountered. The next message is then tested in turn and so on... For the actions within a rule to be fired, ...
- What permissions and/or group membership are required
Senario You have installed Kiwi Syslog Daemon and you have several users (not Administrators or Power Users) that require the ability to configure Kiwi Syslog Daemon. Unfortunately, you find that when they add and configure a new Rule, everything seems to be OK; however once they click on the ...
- Log to a database.
Kiwi Syslog Daemon provides the ability to log to any database that supports ODBC. The linked related articles provide information on how to set up Kiwi Syslog Daemon to log to most common databases.
- Add an exception to the Windows Firewall
By default, when the Windows firewall is installed, it will block all inbound traffic. This can cause problems with applications such as Kiwi Syslog Daemon, that need to be able to listen on specific ports for information. To solve this issue, you will need to add an exception (or a number of ...
- Kiwi Syslog Daemon is displaying lots of Denied ICMP messages
If you have installed Kiwi Syslog Daemon on your Windows XP, 2003 or Vista system and you have turned off the Windows Firewall then you may find that when ever you turn off Kiwi Syslog Daemon you receive a lot of messages similar to the following; Date Time Priority Hostname Message 2006-1 ...
- Messages are truncating at 255 characters in my MSSQL database
In Kiwi Syslog Daemon, when logging syslog messages to an MS SQL database; the msgtext field is created with a field length of 1024 by default. If you are finding that the messages when logged to the SQL database, are truncating at 255 characters; the problem is caused by the Microsoft SQ ...
- Kiwi Syslog Daemon Service Fails to Start
Under most operating systems, the service will start without problems. On some Windows 2000 Server systems, the service may have to wait for some other system services starting before it can start. Otherwise you will see the error message "One or more system services failed to start" on the con ...
