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# AIX errlogger to remote syslog
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Instructions for how to forward errlogger messages from IBM AIX and IBM Power Systems VIO Servers to a remote logging solution.
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More information about the AIX errlogger is available on the IBM [knowledge center](https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_72/generalprogramming/error_notice.html).
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## On each AIX / VIO Server
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### Prepare the local syslog service
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Configure the local syslog service to forward messages to our remote [syslogd](https://git.data.coop/nellemann/syslogd/) service.
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Create an empty local log file:
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```shell
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touch /var/log/error.log
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```
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Add the following to the /etc/syslog.conf file:
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```text
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# Remote logging to remote host on port 514/UDP (AIX does not support non-default port number)
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*.warn @10.32.64.1
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# Also log to a local file, rotated daily and kept for 7 days
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*.warn /var/log/error.log rotate time 1d files 7
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# Optionally log authentication messages to remote host
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#auth.info,authpriv.info @10.32.64.1
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```
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We use *10.32.64.1* as our remote syslog server in the above example.
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Restart the syslogd service:
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```shell
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refresh -s syslogd
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```
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### Forward errlogger to the local syslog
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We configure the AIX [error logger](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=concepts-error-logging-overview) to forward messages to the local syslog service.
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Create an odm errnotify logging template file:
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```shell
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cat << EOF >/tmp/err.tpl
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errnotify:
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en_name = "syslog1"
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en_persistenceflg = 1
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en_method = "/usr/bin/logger -plocal0.err [errnotify] seq: \$1 - \$(/usr/bin/errpt -l \$1 | tail -1)"
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EOF
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```
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Add the template:
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```shell
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odmadd /tmp/err.tpl
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```
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Verify messages show up in the local syslog */var/log/error.log* file:
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```shell
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odmget -q"en_name='syslog1'" errnotify
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errlogger system Test
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```
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#### Notes
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If you need to delete the errnotify again:
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```shell
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odmdelete -o errnotify -q"en_name=syslog1"
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```
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To lookup err message details by a seq. no, run:
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```shell
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errpt -a -l [seq-no]
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```
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Or from the padmin shell:
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```shell
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errlog -ls -seq [seq-no]
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```
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