PRTG Network Monitor

Unit 05: LO 3 - 3.3 - Syslog Installation

Demonstrate the installation of a syslog server (PRTG)

Go to this address: https://www.paessler.com/download/prtg-download?download=1
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Click on Devices
Then Overview
Under normal circumstances we would have a full network attached here with routers and switches giving us data, but for our installation it's only looking at local information, which is still really good.

7. Click on the Logs tab in the top-right

8. You will see everything that's happened or is happening with timestamps and messages

9. Click on Setup in the top-right corner

10. Then monitoring

11. Click on Scanning Intervals

12. Change 30s to 1s and 5s

13. Press Save

14. Go back to the Logs, you should see the change

15. Scan down the list of items and see many of the things we've learned on the course.

16. As we worked with Firewalls in Cisco Packet Tracer, we are not going to do them here as it's more complicated.

16. Unit 05: LO 3 - 3.4 - Syslog Interpretation

Interpret the output of a syslog during and after an event

Assessment

Learners must analyse the results of their installation from 3.3 (tutors may need to engineer faults if there are none).

Interpret the output of a syslog to identify:

• host IP addresses

• timestamps

• event-based messages

• severity labels

• what has caused/is causing the issue (for example, content, application, transport)

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