syslog
Syntax
syslog {facility severity;}
Hierarchy Level
[edit chassis fpc slot-number pic slot-number adaptive-services service-package extension-provider]
Release Information
Statement introduced in JUNOS Release 9.2.
Description
Enable PIC system logging to record or view system log messages on a specific PIC. The system log information is passed to the kernel for logging in the /var/log/messages directory.
Options
facility—Group of messages that are either generated by the same software process or concern a similar condition or activity. Possible values include the following: daemon, external, kernel, and pfe.
severity—Classification of effect on functioning. Possible values are the same as for the native JUNOS Software and include the following:
- any—Include all severity levels.
- none—Disable logging of the associated facility to a destination.
- emergency—System panic or other condition that causes the routing platform to stop functioning.
- alert—Conditions that require immediate correction, such as a corrupted system database.
- critical—Critical conditions, such as hard errors.
- error—Error conditions that generally have less serious consequences than errors in the emergency, alert, and critical levels.
- warning—Conditions that warrant monitoring.
- notice—Conditions that are not errors but might warrant special handling.
- info—Events or nonerror conditions of interest.
Usage Guidelines
See Configuring System Log Messages.
Required Privilege Level
system—To view this statement in the configuration.
system-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

