Directing Messages to a Remote Machine or the Other Routing Engine

To direct system log messages to a remote machine or to the other Routing Engine on the routing platform, include the host statement at the [edit system syslog] hierarchy level:

[edit system syslog]

host (hostname | other-routing-engine) {

    facility severity;

    explicit-priority;

    facility-override facility;

    log-prefix string;

    match "regular-expression";

}

source-address source-address;

To direct system log messages to a remote machine, include the host hostname statement to specify the remote machine's IP address or fully qualified hostname. The remote machine must be running the standard syslogd utility. We do not recommend directing messages to another routing platform. In each system log message directed to the remote machine, the hostname of the local Routing Engine appears after the timestamp to indicate that it is the source for the message.

To direct system log messages to the other Routing Engine on a routing platform with two Routing Engines installed and operational, include the host other-routing-engine statement. Include the statement in each Routing Engine's configuration if you want them both to direct messages to the other Routing Engine. In each system log message directed to the other Routing Engine, the string re0 or re1 appears after the timestamp to indicate that the local Routing Engine is the source for the message.

For the list of logging facilities and severity levels to configure under the host statement, see Table 7 and Table 8.

To record facility and severity level information in each message, include the explicit-priority statement. For more information, see Including Priority in System Log Messages.

For information about the match statement, see Using Regular Expressions to Refine the Set of Logged Messages.

When directing messages to remote machines, you can use the source-address statement to specify the source address to use. In each host statement, you can also include the facility-override statement to assign an alternative facility and the log-prefix statement to add a string to each message. For more information, see the following sections:

• Specifying an Alternative Source Address for System Log Messages
• Changing the Alternative Facility Name for Remote Messages
• Adding a String to System Log Messages