How to Forward Threat Logs to Syslog Server

Forwarding threat logs to a syslog server requires three steps

1. Create a syslog server profile
2. Configure the log-forwarding profile to select the threat logs to be forwarded to syslog server
3. Use the log forwarding profile in the security rules
4. Commit the changes

Note: Informational threat logs also include URL, Data Filtering and WildFire logs.

Syslog server profile

Go to Device > Server Profiles > Syslog

• Name: Name of the syslog server
• Server : Server IP address where the logs will be forwarded to
• Port: Default port 514
• Facility: To be elected from the drop down according to the requirements

Log forwarding profile

Go to Objects > Log forwarding

Create the syslog server profile for forwarding threat logs to the configured server.

Add a Log Forwarding Match List to the profile

add the syslog server and select a desired (if any) filterUse the filter builder to add more filtering parameters for logs to be forwarded

Once configured, the log forwarding should look like the following

Security Rule

Go to Policies > Security Rule

Select the rule for which the log forwarding needs to be applied. Apply the security profiles to the rule.

Go to Actions > Log forwarding and select the log forwarding profile from drop down list.

Commit the configuration