4.3. Event logging - enterprise event log

Event Logging or evlog is a set of tools that implements an enterprise-level event logging facility, according the POSIX draft standard. evlog stores event records in binary and uses two daemons: evlogd and evlogrmtd. The evlogd daemon is used to log the events, and evlogrmtd is for clients to send remote logs for the evlog server.

The evlog installable RPM is located inside the first CD1 in the directory suse/RPMS/ppc/.

1.
Install the evlog-1.5.3-36.rpm:
# rpm -i evlog-1.5.3-36.rpm
						
2.
Create an empty file inside /var/log/evlog/ called eventlog:
# touch /var/log/evlog/eventlog
						
3.
Start evlog services:
# /etc/init.d/evlog start
						
To enable forward kernel and system logs to the evlog:
# /sbin/slog_fwd ...

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